BBS en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.
Parallel to the emergence of text-based multiplayer games, though, was another kind of virtual community: Bulletin Boards (BBSs). BBSs were modems people could dial up to, connect with, and exchange software and messages with other members of the community. […] These BBSs, early frontier outposts of our virtual worlds, were John Lester’s first experience of a community outside the physical.
2007, Tim Guest, “Lester Prototype: The Beginning of Virtual Worlds”, in Second Lives: A Journey Through Virtual Worlds, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 60:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies.
alt of Bachelor of Business Studies
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of BIOS boot sequence.
alt of BIOS boot sequence
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of BIOS boot specification.
alt of BIOS boot specification
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
alt of Bardet-Biedl syndrome
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of baby brine shrimp.
alt of baby brine shrimp
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Bogart-Bacall syndrome
alt of Bogart-Bacall syndrome
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BBSs | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| BBSes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| B. B. S. | alternative | lexicographic | |
| B.B.S. | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
BBSome (Bardet-Biedl syndrome)
Translations (11)
cmn 揭示板 (bulletin board system) · fr SBE (Systeme Babillard Electronique m) (bulletin board system) · ja 掲示板 (bulletin board system) · fi purkki (bulletin board system) · eo afiŝejo (bulletin board system) · de Mailbox (bulletin board system) · cmn 論壇 /论坛 (bulletin board system) · ru электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний (bulletin board system) · sjo ᠪᡞ ᠪᡞ ᠠᡞᠰ (bulletin board system) · ru ЭДО (bulletin board system) · pl BBS (bulletin board system)