Point of presence

Point of presence

A point-of-presence (POP) is an artificial demarcation point or interface point between communications entities.

Telephone systems

In the USA, this term became important during the court-ordered breakup of the Bell Telephone system. A point of presence was a location where a long-distance carrier could terminate services and provide connections into a local telephone network.

Internet

An Internet point of presence 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. ISPs typically have multiple POPs, sometimes numbering in the thousands. POPs are also located in Internet exchange points and colocation centres.


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  • Point of Presence —   [engl.], POP …   Universal-Lexikon

  • point of presence — noun count COMPUTING a telephone number that a computer calls in order to be connected to the Internet …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • point of presence — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms point of presence : singular point of presence plural points of presence computing a telephone number that a computer calls in order to be connected to the Internet …   English dictionary

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  • point of presence —    Abbreviated POP. A connection to the telephone company or to long distance carrier services …   Dictionary of networking

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