POTS

POTS (uncountable)

1. (telecommunications) Acronym of publicly offered telephone service/system: the public telephone network

   Synonyms: (retronym) publicly offered telephone service, (retronym) publicly offered telephone system

   Synonyms: PSTN, public switched telephone network

   Coordinate terms: publicly, offered, telephone, system, service

2. (telecommunications) Acronym of plain old telephone service/system: the old analog landline circuit-switched telephone network

   Synonyms: (retronym) plain old telephone service, (retronym) plain old telephone system

   Coordinate terms: plain, old, telephone, system, service

   Coordinate terms: CSTN, circuit-switched telephone network, PSTN, packet-switched telephone network, ISDN, DSL, FTS, FTH

3. (telecommunications, historical) Initialism of post/postal office telephone service/system

   Synonyms: post office telephone service, post office telephone system, postal office telephone service, postal office telephone system

   Coordinate terms: post, postal, office, post office, postal office, telephone, system, service

4. (acronym, medicine) Abbreviation of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

   Synonym: postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome

   Coordinate terms: postural, orthostatic, tachycardia, syndrome

• plain old telephone service on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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