bulletin board system (BBS)
Definition
Computerized information disseminating or message-passing source. Similar to a physical message board (notice board), it allows users to leave messages for others to read or pass on. In pre-Internet days, there were some 15,000 BBS on practically every conceivable topic. Now largely replaced by websites such as Usenet.
bulletin board system (BBS) is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks and Information Science & Technology subjects.
bulletin board system (BBS) appears in the definition of the following term: system operator (sysop)
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