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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bboard</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="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bazaar.html" title="bazaar"/><link rel="next" href="BBS.html" title="BBS"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bboard</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bazaar.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BBS.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bboard"/><dt xmlns="" id="bboard"><b>bboard</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/bee´bord/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [contraction of ‘bulletin board’]</p></dd><dd><p> 1. Any electronic bulletin board; esp. used of
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<a href="BBS.html"><i class="glossterm">BBS</i></a> systems running on personal micros, less
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frequently of a Usenet <a href="../N/newsgroup.html"><i class="glossterm">newsgroup</i></a> (in fact, use of
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this term for a newsgroup generally marks one either as a
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<a href="../N/newbie.html"><i class="glossterm">newbie</i></a> fresh in from the BBS world or as a real
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old-timer predating Usenet). </p></dd><dd><p> 2. At CMU and other colleges with similar facilities, refers to
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campus-wide electronic bulletin boards. </p></dd><dd><p> 3. The term <span class="firstterm">physical bboard</span> is
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sometimes used to refer to an old-fashioned, non-electronic
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cork-and-thumbtack memo board. At CMU, it refers to a particular one
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outside the CS Lounge.</p></dd><dd><p>In either of senses 1 or 2, the term is usually prefixed by the name
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of the intended board (‘the Moonlight Casino bboard’ or
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‘market bboard’); however, if the context is clear, the
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better-read bboards may be referred to by name alone, as in (at CMU)
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“<span class="quote">Don't post for-sale ads on general</span>”.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bazaar.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="BBS.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">bazaar </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> BBS</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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