POST, short for Power On Self Test, is the initial set of diagnostic tests performed by the computer right after it's powered on. Computers aren't the only devices that run a POST. Some appliances, medical equipment, and other devices also run very similar self-tests after being powered on.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Port of Montevideo. The Port of Montevideo (Spanish: Puerto de Montevideo), in the northern part of the Old City of Montevideo, Uruguay, is one of the major ports of South America and plays a very important role in the economy of Uruguay.
Montevideo, in the department of the same name, is the country's largest city. Uruguay's population by 1999 was 3.2 million. Eighty-six percent of the population was of white European descent, 6 percent was black, and 8 percent was mestizo , an ethnic mixture of white and indigenous descent.