[contraction of `bulletin board']
1. Any electronic bulletin board; esp. used of {BBS} systems running
on personal micros, less frequently of a Usenet {newsgroup} (in fact,
use of this term for a newsgroup generally marks one either as a
{newbie} fresh in from the BBS world or as a real old-timer predating
Usenet).
2. At CMU and other colleges with similar facilities, refers to
campus-wide electronic bulletin boards.
3. The term physical bboard is sometimes used to refer to an
old-fashioned, non-electronic cork-and-thumbtack memo board. At CMU,
it refers to a particular one outside the CS Lounge.
In either of senses 1 or 2, the term is usually prefixed by the name
of the intended board (`the Moonlight Casino bboard' or `market
bboard'); however, if the context is clear, the better-read bboards
may be referred to by name alone, as in (at CMU) "Don't post for-sale
ads on general".
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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {BBS}{board}{Usenet}]