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POST is therefore suitable for requests which change the state each time they are performed, for example submitting a comment to a blog post or voting in an online poll. GET is defined to be nullipotent , with no side-effects, and idempotent operations have "no side effects on second or future requests".
The mail or post is a system for physically transporting postcards, letters, and parcels. [1] A postal service can be private or public, though many governments place restrictions on private systems. Since the mid-19th century, national postal systems have generally been established as a government monopoly , with a fee on the article prepaid.
Post (basketball), area near the basket in basketball; Post (route), route run by a receiver in American football; Posting system, transfer system for professional baseball players moving from a Japanese team to a Major League Baseball team; Post, a method of horseback riding at the trot; Post, a shortened name of goalpost usually used in ...
From 1829 to 1971, the postmaster general was the head of the Post Office Department (or simply "Post Office" until the 1820s. [9]: 60–65 ) and was a member of the president's Cabinet. During that era, the postmaster general was appointed by the president of the United States, with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. [9]: 120
Parcel post is a postal service for mail that is too heavy for normal letter post. It is usually slower than letter post. It is usually slower than letter post. The development of the parcel post is closely connected with the development of the railway network which enabled parcels to be carried in bulk, to a regular schedule, and at economical ...
The term "post-office" [3] has been in use since the 1650s, [4] shortly after the legalisation of private mail services in England in 1635. [5] In early modern England, post riders—mounted couriers—were placed, or "posted", [6] every few hours along post roads at posting houses (also known as post houses) between major cities, or "post towns".
Post office sign in Farrer, Australian Capital Territory, showing postcode 2607. A postal code (also known locally in various English-speaking countries throughout the world as a postcode, post code, PIN or ZIP Code) is a series of letters or digits or both, sometimes including spaces or punctuation, included in a postal address for the purpose of sorting mail.
Post-Internet is a loosely-defined term [1] that was coined by artist/curator Marisa Olson in an attempt to describe her practice. [3] It emerged from mid-2000s discussions about Internet art by Gene McHugh (author of a blog titled "Post-Internet"), and Artie Vierkant (artist, and creator of Image Object sculpture series). [4]