bboard

/beebord/ , n. [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.

