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• BBS /B-B-S/ n. [common; abbreviation, `Bulletin Board System'] An electronic bulletin board system
  hat is, a message database where people can log in and leave broadcast messages for others grouped (typically) into topic groups....
• bboard: /bee'bord/ [contraction of `bulletin board'] n.
  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)....
• forum: n. [USENET, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS}, a {mailing list}, or a {newsgroup} (see {network, the}).
  A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit {posting}s for all to read and discussion ensues....
• bboard /bee'bord/ n. [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)....
• ysop: /sis'op/ n. [esp. in the BBS world] The operator (and usually the owner) of a bulletin-board system.
  A common neophyte mistake on {FidoNet} is to address a message to `sysop' in an international {echo}, thus sending it to hundreds of sysops around the world....
• console:: n. 1. The operator's station of a {mainframe}.
  In times past, this was a privileged location that conveyed godlike powers to anyone with fingers on its keys....
• freeware: n. Free software, often written by enthusiasts and distributed by users' groups, or via electronic mail, local bulletin boards, {USENET}, or other electronic media.
  At one time, `freeware' was a trademark of Andrew Fluegelman, the author of the well-known MS-DOS comm program PC-TALK III....
• board: n. 1. In-context synonym for {bboard}; sometimes used even for USENET newsgroups (but see usage note under {bboard}, sense 1).
  2. An electronic circuit board. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ysop /sis'op/ n. [esp. in the BBS world] The operator (and usually the owner) of a bulletin-board system.
  A common neophyte mistake on FidoNet is to address a message to `sysop' in an international echo, thus sending it to hundreds of sysops around the world....