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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>forum</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fortune-cookie.html" title="fortune cookie"/><link rel="next" href="fossil.html" title="fossil"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">forum</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fortune-cookie.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="fossil.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="forum"/><dt xmlns="" id="forum"><b>forum</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. <span class="firstterm">fora</span>
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or <span class="firstterm">forums</span>] Any discussion group
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accessible through a dial-in <a href="../B/BBS.html"><i class="glossterm">BBS</i></a>, a
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<a href="../M/mailing-list.html"><i class="glossterm">mailing list</i></a>, or a <a href="../N/newsgroup.html"><i class="glossterm">newsgroup</i></a>
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(see <a href="../T/the-network.html"><i class="glossterm">the network</i></a>). A forum functions much like a
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bulletin board; users submit <a href="../P/posting.html"><i class="glossterm">posting</i></a>s for all to
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read and discussion ensues. Contrast real-time chat via
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<a href="../T/talk-mode.html"><i class="glossterm">talk mode</i></a> or point-to-point personal
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