bulletin board system

bulletin board system (plural bulletin board systems)

1. (computing, historical) A type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.

   Synonyms: BBS, bulletin board, bulletin board service, CBBS

   • 1986 April 21, Melissa Calvo, “Managers Say Bulletin Boards Part of Job”, in InfoWorld, volume 8, number 16, →ISSN, page 18:

     As companies increase their use of microcomputer-based bulletin board systems, microcomputer managers are finding themselves saddled with the responsibility of being system operators for the boards.

   • 2001, Sanjiv Purba, Architectures for E-Business Systems, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 702:

     Hackers and hacker clubs primarily communicate by means of bulletin board systems. It is estimated that there are about 1,300 underground bulletin boards in the U.S.