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bulletin board system

bulletin board system noun: a type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.

Noun

bulletin board system (plural bulletin board systems)

  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

Synonyms of bulletin board system

Forms of bulletin board system

pluralbulletin board systems
alternative formbulletin-board system

Questions about bulletin board system

What does bulletin board system mean?
Bulletin board system means a type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.
What part of speech is bulletin board system?
Bulletin board system is a noun.
What is the plural of bulletin board system?
The plural of bulletin board system is bulletin board systems.

Words near bulletin board system in the dictionary

  1. bulletholes
  2. bulletin
  3. bulletin board
  4. bulletin board service
  5. bulletin board services
  6. bulletin board system
  7. bulletin board systems
  8. bulletin boards
  9. bulletin-board system
  10. bulletin-board systems
  11. bulletined

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