Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Something posted, as for public viewing.
  • noun An electronic message sent to and displayed on an online forum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of traveling post.
  • noun (Bookkeeping) The act of transferring an account, as from the journal to the ledger.
  • noun a post house.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun action of the verb to post
  • noun an item inserted into a register, ledger or diary
  • noun computing an entry in a computerized bulletin board
  • noun chiefly UK the place where a soldier or airman is sent (posted) for duty; the time spent there
  • verb Present participle of post.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement
  • noun (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records
  • noun the transmission of a letter

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Examples

  • I had around 300 users posting and reading a single topic. if those 300 were, as you say, "reading * and posting*, then it is very much possible that your problem * is* related to search. specifically, if you use" native fulltext "the function that takes a post and dissect it to single words (split_message ()) can be hideously expensive, and yet will not show on your debug as DB.

    phpBB.com 2010

  • I had around 300 users posting and reading a single topic. if those 300 were, as you say, "reading * and posting*, then it is very much possible that your problem * is* related to search. specifically, if you use" native fulltext "the function that takes a post and dissect it to single words (split_message ()) can be hideously expensive, and yet will not show on your debug as DB.

    phpBB.com da_badtz_one 2010

  • Wayne's purpose in posting is specifically go gather feedback.

    Wayne Hale's NASA Blog: Making the Case - NASA Watch 2009

  • This posting is about intercommunication among Zapoteco villagers in Oaxaca State and the notion that communications among various villages can be improved by foreigners introducing radio signal interrelationships to, supposedly, improve inter-village understanding and, perhaps, harmony.

    Radio stations in Oaxaca 2010

  • It´s 18 months in five years but my posting is about weather.

    FM2 vs. FM3 2009

  • My major concerns in your posting is the parallel you attempt between the funding of education and that of defense.

    Wayne Hale: NASA Can Provide the Inspiration - NASA Watch 2009

  • This posting is about intercommunication among Zapoteco villagers in Oaxaca State and the notion that communications among various villages can be improved by foreigners introducing radio signal interrelationships to, supposedly, improve inter-village understanding and, perhaps, harmony.

    Radio stations in Oaxaca 2010

  • It´s 18 months in five years but my posting is about weather.

    FM2 vs. FM3 2009

  • The only factual part of his posting is my address.

    Bloggers, Beware of Comments : Law is Cool 2009

  • I appreciate this posting is a little off-topic for Petrona, but as 23 January is tomorrow, and I like the librarians at Duluth, I thought I'd mention their timely warning and the site to which they link.

    Current Affairs Maxine 2009

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