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POP

1. Internet post office protocol: a protocol which brings e-mail to and from a mail server
2. Environment persistent organic pollutant
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pop

[päp]
(computer science)
To obtain information from the top of a stack and then reset a pointer to the next item in the stack.
(mining engineering)
A drill hole blasted to reduce larger pieces of rock or to trim a working face. Also known as pop hole; pop shot.

POP

[pöp or ¦pē¦ō′pē]
(computer science)
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

POP

(language)
A family of programming languages, POP-1, POP-2, POP-10, Pop-11, POP++, POP-9X, POPLOG.

POP

(2)

PoP

(3)

pop

(programming)
To remove something from the top of a stack.

Opposite of push.

(Not to be confused with Post Office Protocol or POP-1 the language).
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POP

(1) (Point of Presence) The point at which a line from a long distance carrier (IXC) connects to the line of the local telephone company or to the user if the local company is not involved. For dial-up access to the Internet via analog modem, the POP is the local telephone exchange that the modem dials into to log in. See Super POP.

(2) (Post Office Protocol) See POP3.

(3) Retrieve an item from a stack. See push/pop.

(4) (Package for Online Programming) See POP-1.

(5) See package on package.
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I returned to Iraq in 2005, and while I never caught that pop fly, there are still days I wish that I had, that I'd received my mercy killing.
The next batter hit a pop fly to centerfield, much like the one Billy had missed all those years ago.
The third hit a pop fly that was caught by the Red Socks' second baseman.
Club fans across town at Wrigley Field often delight at the havoc caused by Chicago winds, which can turn a pop fly into a home run and vice versa.
With two outs the Vikings shortstop scored from first base on a high pop fly that was dropped just behind the infield.
George Horton's tenure at Oregon can be summed up in two acts, divided by the most innocent of inflection points: a pop fly lost in the sun.
He foiled Cabrera with another changeup, striking him out for a second time, then coaxed a pop fly from Victor Martinez.
Charlie Butler came on and struck out Zach Tower and got Lagos on a pop fly to shortstop Andy Lack.
"It's shameful how little I know about baseball, but what I know about it, I got -- it was a pop fly in the fourth grade -- 18 stitches," he said, referring to getting hit by ball when he was just a kid, opening a flesh wound.
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