Meanings
bbs1
- Alternative letter-case form of BBS (be back soon).
- pluralplural of bb
BBS2
plural BBSes · plural BBSs · alternative B.B.S. · alternative B. B. S.
- InternetabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecommunicationsInitialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.
1 more example
Parallel to the emergence of text-based multiplayer games, though, was another kind of virtual community: Bulletin Boards (BBSs). BBSs were modems people could dial up to, connect with, and exchange software and messages with other members of the community. […] These BBSs, early frontier outposts of our virtual worlds, were John Lester’s first experience of a community outside the physical.
2007, Tim Guest, “Lester Prototype: The Beginning of Virtual Worlds”, in Second Lives: A Journey Through Virtual Worlds, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN, page 60 - abbreviationcountableuncountableeducationAbbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of BIOS boot specification.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of baby brine shrimp.
- abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Bogart-Bacall syndrome
BBs3
- pluralplural of BB
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 論壇 /论坛, 揭示板
- 論壇 /论坛 (lùntán)bulletin board system
- 揭示板 (jiēshìbǎn)bulletin board system
Esperanto afiŝejo
- afiŝejobulletin board system
Finnish purkki
- purkkibulletin board system
French SBE (Systeme Babillard Electronique m)
- SBE (Systeme Babillard Electronique m)bulletin board system
German Mailbox
- Mailboxbulletin board system
Japanese 掲示板
- 掲示板 (keijiban)bulletin board system
Polish BBS
- BBSbulletin board system
Russian электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний, ЭДО
- электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний (elektrónnaja doská obʺjavlénij)bulletin board system
- ЭДО (EDO)bulletin board system
Cite this entry
bbs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bbs
“bbs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bbs. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bbs,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bbs.
Source: bbs on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.