kiosk - a customised access unit, providing consumers simplified access to a range of information services. A typical kiosk is found in a public area, such as a shopping centre or railway station, and is robustly constructed. It is a metre or so high and operated by people standing up. Although powered by computer, its interface is not usually a computer keyboard, but is typically a touch screen display or a standard display with a customised set of interface buttons., kiosk - a terminal that allows the system to communicate with applications that can send and receive data, kiosk - a standalone information delivery system often used for directories to store and to provide other interactive information and sales presentations