point-of-sale terminal

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point-of-sale terminal [′pȯint əv ¦sāl ′term·ən·əl]

(computer science)

A computer-connected terminal used in place of a cash register in a store, for customer checkout and such added functions as recording inventory data, transferring funds from the customer's bank account to the merchant's bank account, and checking credit on charged or charge-card purchases; the terminals can be modified for many nonmerchandising applications, such as checkout of books in libraries. Abbreviated POS terminal.

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No references found			They can be used for a point-of-sale terminal or electronic cash registers. Merchant Solutions Available in the Market Today by Amy E Nutt / Business community Four appendices discuss issues with providing real- time account information at point-of-sale terminals, analyses of select bank fees data, and discussion of complaint resolution related to fees and disclosures. Bank fees; creeping up and up by Reference & Research Book News Though the PCI Standards Council did not mention last year's hack on international retail giant TJX, which possibly started through a store kiosk, such incidents have raised concerns over the security of point-of-sale terminals. PCI standard to include unattended POS by Richard Thurston / SC Magazine			point sampling point set point size point solution point source point spectrum Point State Park Point Sur State Historic Park point system point target point transposition Point Work Point, Jack point-and-drool interface point-and-grunt interface point-and-shoot camera point-bearing pile point-blank range point-contact diode point-contact silicon cell point-contact transistor point-finite family of subsets point-junction transistor point-mode display point-of-origin system point-of-sale terminal point-of-use heater point-placement point-set topology point-slope form point-source light point-to-multipoint point-to-point point-to-point communication point-to-point programming Point-to-Point Protocol Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol PointCast Pointe Coupee Parish Pointe-a-Pitre Pointe-à-Pitre Pointe-des-Galets Pointe-Noire pointed pointed arch pointed architecture pointed ashlar pointed bracket pointed domain			point-device Point-Feature Label Placement point-finite family of subsets Point-in-Space Point-in-time Point-in-time Architecture point-junction transistor point-mode display Point-noire Point-noire Point-of-Care Clinical System Point-Of-Care Technology Point-of-Care Test Point-of-Care Testing Point-Of-Deployment Point-Of-Entry Servers Point-of-Entry Transition Team Point-Of-Load Point-Of-Load Alliance Point-of-no-return Point-of-no-return Point-of-no-return point-of-origin system Point-of-presence Point-of-presence Point-Of-Presence Vehicle Point-Of-Purchase Advertising International point-of-sale point-of-sale point-of-sale point-of-sale terminal Point-Of-Service point-of-service plan point-of-use heater Point-of-Use Power Supply Point-of-view Point-of-view Point-peen hammer Point-peen hammer point-placement Point-Resolved Spectroscopy Point-set theory Point-set topology point-shaving Point-slope Point-slope Point-slope equation Point-slope equation Point-slope equation point-slope form point-source light point-system test types Point-To-Many Point-to-multipoint Point-to-multipoint Point-to-multipoint communication (telecommunications) Point-to-Multipoint Connection Point-To-Multipoint Group Call Point-To-Multipoint Multicast Point-to-MultiPoint Protocol Point-To-Multipoint Service Center

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