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