are electronic versions of traditional message boards Messages are available for everyone to see if they go to the bulletin board Messages are usually posted in the order received and they are often sorted by topic
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Electronic discussion forums available to subscribers through networks Messages are posted to the bulletin board and the responses travel as e-mail
1 A way to allow people to share information without using EMail or Usenet People post something, and others read it
= Used in networking to refer to a system for providing online announcements, with or without provision for user input Internet hosts often provide them in addition to Usenet conferences Sometimes referred to as BBSs See BBS
An internal public relations means for announcing new equipment, meetings, promotions, new products, construction plans, and recreation news (Ch 10)
are labelled for each mini-assignment where relevant Copy and Paste saves on-line time Please use REPLY (not COMPOSE) to keep in the same thread Access from Home Page by "Communication Tools"
Areas where users of an interactive service can communicate publicly with other users Anyone can post a message for all to read; a reply also can be read by everyone
An electronic message system for posting and replying to messages by those interested in a common subject
The virtual versions of these everyday objects that carry pinned masses of paper on our walls The Usenet is a collection of specific bulletin boards, but these also form a part of numerous web sites as separate pages which contain updated information for those who frequently refer to that particular site
systems that offer different kinds of asynchronous discussions, such as Usenet, where users can post messages and respond to threads
One of the three major areas for debate available to players of Reinventing America Players got to them by clicking on the Debate icon or text link that was part of the navigation bar that appeared on all pages when the game was running The Bulletin Boards are no longer active
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Usually a computer with a hard disk that can be accessed with a modem Software and programs can be uploaded (left on the Bulletin Board) by a caller, or a caller can download any software (transfer to their computer) Bulletin Boards also often have help and messaging services Byte A unit of measurement for memory and hard disk space One Byte (usually) contains 8 bits Also, KiloByte (K or Kb), MegaByte (Meg or Mb) and GigaByte (Gig or Gb) 1 Byte - 8 Bits
Boards or wall space where information or materials can be posted to inform, excite, guide, or motivate students
give access to current information for a group of people ie: like notice-boards are hung in organisations
A computerized version of the bulletin boards found in stores and other public places, where people can leave messages and advertise things they want to buy or sell
An electronic message center on the World Wide Web where the user can read and respond to comments made by other users Most bulletin boards serve specific interest groups and are a good tool for keeping up-to-date on current trends in a certain field
An area of a Web site where users can post messages for other users to read In most cases, readers can contact the author of a bulletin board message by e-mail (See also "chat," chat room," and "Discussion group")
[return to top] One of the many names (others include conference board and discussion board) where asynchronous text-based online communication can occur Many bulletin boards provide the ability for users to have threaded discussions about specific topics
Used in this paper to indicate the on-line (electronic) bulletin boards, where users of the board post notices using modems or network connections such as Internet Users also read notices and carry out other bulletin board business, such as multiparty on-line conversations where each party types in comments in an ongoing discussion
an electronic version of the type of bulletin board found on the wall in many kitchens and work places Bulletin Boards are used to post simple messages between users There is a UWS Staff Bulletin board and a Swansea Higher Education Car Sharing bulletin board
More correctly called the NASD OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB), a National Association of Securities Dealers quotation service for "unlisted securities" not traded "over the counter" and not on any of the three major U S stock exchanges The OTCBB lists some 7,000 securities of mostly small corporations, some with little or no operating business
An electronic message center Most bulletin boards serve specific interest groups They allow you to dial in with a modem, review messages left by others, and leave your own message if you want Bulletin boards are a particularly good place to find free or inexpensive software products
1 A computer set up to accept calls from other computers by modem, to exchange message, private mail, or files The difference between a BBS and an information service is one of scale BBSs typically run on a single microcomputer or a network of microcomputers Information services typically run on at least a minicomputer, or more often a mainframe computer, or even a network of mainframe computers BBSs typically have anywhere from one to sixty telephone lines, and dozens or possibly a few thousand users Information services have hundreds of lines and tens of thousands or millions of users Most BBSs are free, while all information services charge for usage The line between large BBSs and information services (like most lines drawn in the information world) is beginning to blur 2 In Prodigy Classic, a Bulletin Board was a section of the service devoted to a specific topic On other services, the term used might be forum
In computing, a bulletin board is a system that enables users to send and receive messages of general interest. The Internet is the largest computer bulletin board in the world
A place on a network where electronic messages can be posted and read Especially popular on Usenet, enabling worldwide 'newsgroups' to exchange information on topics of interest
Place to leave an electronic message or share news that anyone can read and respond to Marketers and others can capture your e-mail address from bulletin boards
A method of online asynchronous communication; an electronic message center Users connect with the center via modem; they can read messages posted by others and respond or leave messages on other topics Typically, each bulletin board focuses on a specific topic or area of interest
A bulletin board on the Internet is just like a real bulletin board With a real bulletin board, people put things up for other people to see By sending e-mail, people using an Internet bulletin board can post messages for other people on the Internet to see
A form of electronic messaging in which addressed messages or files are entered by users into a computer or network of computers Note: Other users may obtain, at their convenience and request, messages or files available to them
This is a term used to describe a place on a website where private investors post comments and ask questions Other common names include message board or investors forum
An electronic message center where you read and respond to comments made by other users Both WebCT and Blackboard offer Bulletin Board Systems that students and instructors use to communicate asynchronously
Bulletin boards, also called newsgroups or discussion groups work in a similar way to electronic mail Instead of writing messages to individual users, participants in bulletin boards post their messages on a news server The messages are stored on the news server in a hierarchical directories Users participate in bulletin boards by reading the messages and responding to them There are bulletin boards or newsgroups on virtually every subject you can think of
an electronic public forum created with software that supports multiple simultaneous callers, where participants can post and comment on messages from other participants Babillard
Bulletin boards tend to be for posting one-off requests for information rather than for posting materials for discussion or debate They operate in a similar way to newsgroups, through e-mail and the World Wide Web Messages are posted on an area of the World Wide Web which can be accessed by all the users (they are not redistributed to individual e-mail addresses)