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bulletin board
[ bool-i-tn bawrd, -tin ]
noun
- a board for the posting of bulletins, notices, announcements, etc.
- Also called bulletin board system. Digital Technology. : BBS message board.
- an online collection of electronic messages, posted by and accessible to any authorized user.
- a system, facility, or computer server for collecting and relaying these messages.
bulletin board
noun
- a board on which notices, advertisements, bulletins, etc, are displayed Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)notice board
- computing a facility on a computer network allowing any user to leave messages that can be read by any other user, and to download software and information to the user's own computer
bulletin board
/ bl′ĭ-tn /
- An electronic communication system that allows users to send or read electronic messages, files, and other data that are of general interest and addressed to no particular person. Bulletin boards were widely used before the Internet became popular, and many of their functions are now served by websites and newsgroups for specific topics or groups.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bulletin board1
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Idioms and Phrases
Also, electronic bulletin board . A computer service that provides facilities for people to leave messages by phone or telecomputing. For example, The National Writers Union has a bulletin board through which members communicate via their modems . Both the device and the term, alluding to the older board for posting notices, date from the late 1970s.Discover More
Example Sentences
Some folks connected with others on bulletin board systems, or BBSes, which were independent computer servers often run out of the system operator’s home.
Most importantly, whether you used a bulletin board system or a subscription service, you received your own email address.
Creative bulletin boards and special recognitions in hallways may remain displayed for the students who are present on campus, but they are almost always invisible to the parents who use to pass by with pride.
She spends hours on dial-up bulletin board systems and the early search engine Gopher, loves laserdiscs, and pores over “discbooks” and “disczines.”
So, no, I’ve never posted on another bulletin board since then.
He later helped found Reddit, the massively popular bulletin board system that was acquired in 2006 by Condé Nast.
Twitter, of course, is like a giant public bulletin board on which anyone can post a message.
As a member of its cast for almost 30 years, I must admit this feels a little like tacking pieces of Jell-O to a bulletin board.
On the surface, 4Chan is an online bulletin board for people to post images and make comments.
On the third day of December notices appeared on the bulletin board announcing the first basket ball game of the season.
The two girls had met outside Hamilton Hall and stopped as was their wont to consult the main bulletin board.
Spying the notice on the bulletin board, she deliberately ripped it off and tore it to bits.
The south-bound train had not arrived and as I turned away the station-agent again changed its time on the bulletin board.
In the anteroom he walked toward the groups who were gathered around the bulletin board reading the latest telegrams.
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