bulletin board system

See also: bulletin-board system

English

Alternative forms

• bulletin-board system

Pronunciation

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Noun

bulletin board system (plural bulletin board systems)

1. (computing, historical) A type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.

   Synonyms: BBS, bulletin board, bulletin board service, CBBS

   • 1986 April 21, Melissa Calvo, “Managers Say Bulletin Boards Part of Job”, in InfoWorld, volume 8, number 16, →ISSN, page 18:

     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.

   • 2001, Sanjiv Purba, Architectures for E-Business Systems, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 702:

     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.

Translations

computer system to exchange messages and data

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子佈告欄／电子布告栏 (diànzǐ bùgàolán), 電子佈告欄系統／电子布告栏系统 (diànzǐ bùgàolán xìtǒng), BBS (zh)

• Dutch: bulletin board system n
• Esperanto: afiŝejo
• Finnish: keskustelufoorumi (fi)
• French: système babillard electronique f
• German: Bulletin Board System n, Mailbox (de) f
• Japanese: 電子掲示板 (でんしけいじばん, denshi keijiban), 掲示板 (ja) (けいじばん, keijiban), ＢＢＳ (BBS)
• Korean: 게시판(揭示板) (ko) (gesipan)
• Russian: электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний f (elektrónnaja doská obʺjavlénij), ЭДО f (EDO), BBS m