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The General Post Office (GPO) [1] was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. [2] Established in England in the 17th century, the GPO was a state monopoly covering the dispatch of items from a specific sender to a specific receiver (which was to be of great importance when new forms of communication were invented); it was overseen by a ...
Group Policy is a feature of the Microsoft Windows NT family of operating systems (including Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11) that controls the working ...
In the United States, a group purchasing organization (GPO) is an entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members. [1] Many GPOs are funded by administrative fees which are paid by the vendors that GPOs oversee.
Group Policy Object General Purpose Outlet , mains socket in Australia General Purpose Output , an uncommitted digital signal pin on an integrated circuit or electronic circuit board used as an output and controllable by the user at runtime.
For its entire history, the GPO has occupied the corner of North Capitol Street NW and H Street NW in the District of Columbia. The large red brick building that houses the GPO was erected in 1903 and is unusual in being one of the few large, red brick government structures in a city where most government buildings are mostly marble and granite.
The New General Post Office, London, 1829, by James Pollard, showing the main west façade on St Martin's Le Grand. Smirke's new General Post Office opened on 23 September 1829. It was the UK's second purpose-built post office; [10] Dublin's GPO (completed in 1818 to a design by Francis Johnston and still in use) predates it. [11]
The Post Office Research Station was first established as a separate section of the General Post Office in 1909. [1] In 1921, the Research Station moved to Dollis Hill, north west London, initially in ex-army huts. [1] The main permanent buildings at Dollis Hill were opened in 1933 by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. [1] [2]
The General Post Office, situated on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke streets in Melbourne, is the former General Post Office for Victoria, Australia. [1]Still owned by the Federal Government, the building appears on all major heritage lists: the National Trust of Victoria (Australia), the Commonwealth Heritage List, and the state of Victoria where it is noted for its fine and impressive ...