Topic: COMPUTERS
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post2 S3 [transitive]
1 to send a letter, package etc by post [= mail]:
letter
British EnglishTCM2 to push something through someone's letterbox : 
I'll post the key through your letterbox when I leave.
post something through somebody's door/letter box
British English
I'll post the key through your letterbox when I leave.3 if you are posted somewhere, your employer sends you to work there, usually for several years
job
[usually passive]PMPGO4 to put up a public notice about something on a wall or notice board : The exam results were posted on the bulletin board yesterday.
public notice
also post upThe exam results were posted on the bulletin board yesterday.5 to make someone be in a particular place in order to guard a building, check who enters or leaves a place, watch something etc [= station]: Guards were to be posted around nuclear power stations.
guard
PMGuards were to be posted around nuclear power stations.7 to officially record and announce information about a company's financial situation or a country's economic situation :
profit/loss etc
especially American English8TD to put a message or computer document on the Internet so that other people can see it : Could you post those new flyers on David's website?
internet message
Could you post those new flyers on David's website?9 if a soldier is posted missing, it is announced officially that they have disappeared
be posted missing
British EnglishPM10 to pay a specific amount of money in order to be allowed to leave prison before your trial
