bbs

B3B3S1

Alternative letter-case form of BBS (be back soon).

Similar
bulletin board systembulletin boardelectronic bulletin board
CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

bbs1

phrase
  1. Alternative letter-case form of BBS (be back soon).
noun
  1. pluralplural of bb

BBS2

phrase

alternative bbs · alternative b.b.s.

  1. InternetabbreviationinitialismInitialism of be back soon.
nounBBS (countable and uncountable, plural BBSes or BBSs)

plural BBSes · plural BBSs · alternative B.B.S. · alternative B. B. S.

  1. 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
  2. abbreviationcountableuncountableeducationAbbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of BIOS boot sequence.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of BIOS boot specification.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of baby brine shrimp.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of Bogart-Bacall syndrome

BBs3

noun
  1. pluralplural of BB

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest

Similar
bulletin board systembulletin boardelectronic bulletin board

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
APA

bbs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bbs

MLA

“bbs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bbs. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bbs,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bbs.

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