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