Meanings
plural bulletin board systems · alternative bulletin-board system
- historicalcomputingA type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.
Hackers and hacker clubs primarily communicate by means of bulletin board systems. It is estimated that there are about 1,300 underground bulletin boards in the U.S.
2001, Sanjiv Purba, Architectures for E-Business Systems, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 7021 more example
As companies increase their use of microcomputer-based bulletin board systems, microcomputer managers are finding themselves saddled with the responsibility of being system operators for the boards.
1986 April 21, Melissa Calvo, “Managers Say Bulletin Boards Part of Job”, in InfoWorld, volume 8, number 16, →ISSN, page 18Synonyms: BBS, bulletin board, bulletin board service, CBBS
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network.
More synonyms by meaning
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 電子佈告欄 /电子布告栏, 電子佈告欄系統 /电子布告栏系统
- 電子佈告欄 /电子布告栏 (diànzǐ bùgàolán)computer system to exchange messages and data
- 電子佈告欄系統 /电子布告栏系统 (diànzǐ bùgàolán xìtǒng)computer system to exchange messages and data
- BBScomputer system to exchange messages and data
Dutch bulletin board system
- bulletin board systemcomputer system to exchange messages and data
Esperanto afiŝejo
- afiŝejocomputer system to exchange messages and data
Finnish keskustelufoorumi
- keskustelufoorumicomputer system to exchange messages and data
French système babillard electronique
- système babillard electroniquecomputer system to exchange messages and data
German Bulletin Board System, Mailbox
- Bulletin Board Systemcomputer system to exchange messages and data
- Mailboxcomputer system to exchange messages and data
Japanese 電子掲示板, 掲示板
- 電子掲示板 (denshi keijiban)computer system to exchange messages and data
- 掲示板 (keijiban)computer system to exchange messages and data
- ＢＢＳ (BBS)computer system to exchange messages and data
Korean 전자게시판, 게시판
- 전자게시판 (jeonjagesipan)computer system to exchange messages and data
- 게시판 (gesipan)computer system to exchange messages and data
Polish bulletin board system
- bulletin board systemcomputer system to exchange messages and data
Russian электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний, ЭДО
- электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний (elektrónnaja doská obʺjavlénij)computer system to exchange messages and data
- ЭДО (EDO)computer system to exchange messages and data
- BBScomputer system to exchange messages and data
Spanish sistema de tablero de anuncios
- sistema de tablero de anuncioscomputer system to exchange messages and data
Cite this entry
bulletin board system. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulletin%20board%20system
“bulletin board system.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulletin%20board%20system. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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