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bulletin board system en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (historical) A type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.
   • As companies increase their use of microcomputer-based bulletin board systems, microcomputer managers are finding themselves saddled with the responsibility of being system operators for the boards. 1986 April 21, Melissa Calvo, “Managers Say Bulletin Boards Part of Job”, in InfoWorld, volume 8, number 16, →ISSN, page 18:
   • Hackers and hacker clubs primarily communicate by means of bulletin board systems. It is estimated that there are about 1,300 underground bulletin boards in the U.S. 2001, Sanjiv Purba, Architectures for E-Business Systems, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 702:

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Synonyms

BBS · CBBS · bulletin board service · bulletin board

Translations (19)

ja ＢＢＳ (BBS) (computer system to exchange messages and data) · es sistema de tablero de anuncios (computer system to exchange messages and data) · ja 電子掲示板 (computer system to exchange messages and data) · ko 전자게시판 (computer system to exchange messages and data) · ko 게시판 (computer system to exchange messages and data) · de Mailbox (computer system to exchange messages and data) · cmn 電子佈告欄 /电子布告栏 (computer system to exchange messages and data) · ru электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний (computer system to exchange messages and data) · cmn BBS (computer system to exchange messages and data) · nl bulletin board system (computer system to exchange messages and data) · eo afiŝejo (computer system to exchange messages and data) · fr système babillard electronique (computer system to exchange messages and data) · ja 掲示板 (computer system to exchange messages and data) · pl bulletin board system (computer system to exchange messages and data) · cmn 電子佈告欄系統 /电子布告栏系统 (computer system to exchange messages and data) · ru BBS (computer system to exchange messages and data) · fi keskustelufoorumi (computer system to exchange messages and data) · ru ЭДО (computer system to exchange messages and data) · de Bulletin Board System (computer system to exchange messages and data)