Acronym for Profiles for Open Systems Internetworking Technology. A set of nonmandatory standards for U.S. government network equipment. POSIT, which recognizes the prevalence of TCP/IP, is the successor to GOSIP. See also GOSIP, TCP/IP.
1. To dispose or set firmly; fix
2. To assume or affirm the existence of; postulate
3. To propose as an explanation; suggest
4. Postulate.