[Remyflt]

I used to see this word on newspaper. Looks like it's a kind of junction point to connect sea cable sth...Can somebody give a specific explanation? Thnx. - telecom rookie

[Seyyed T]

as a telecom term it's the abbreviation of Point-Of-Presence and is an interface between telecommunication entities. as a telephony system term it was a location where a long-distance carrier could terminate services and provide connections into a local telephone network.as an Internet term it is an access point to the Internet. It is a physical location that houses servers, routers, ATM switches and digital/analog call aggregators. It may be either part of the facilities of a telecommunications provider that the Internet service provider (ISP) rents or a location separate from the telecommunications provider.as a computing term, a local e-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), an application-layer Internet standard protocol, to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection

[aryan24190]

POP in computer means post office protocol and is used for mail transmission for inbuilt mail clients like outlook express

[KeWr]

The first answer is correct to your question.The second is also correct, but he's talking about a mail protocol, not the telephone company.POP = point-of-presence as related to your question.