Isn't this a rather new definition of a "kiosk" ? In Germany a kiosk has
exactly the same definition as in Australia and as far as I remember in
England too.
Gerhard Dangel-Reese

On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Henry B. Crawford wrote:

> >In Australia a kiosk is a "building in which refreshments are served in
> >park, zoo, etc" (Oxford Dictionary). What do, a least a large proportion
> >of, you mean by `kiosk'? I gather it has something to do with computers?
> >--
> >Jennifer Nuske
>
>
> Here in the States a kiosk is an information booth, usually staffed, but
> some are not.  It's a place where notices and directional maps are posted,
> brochures are made available, and questions are answered.  Visitors are
> oriented to the museum or site from the kiosk.  Both of ours double as
> guard stations.  In addition to greeting and orienting our visitors, our
> guards monitor high security areas via closed-circut TV at the kiosks.
>
> HBC
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