Webster's Online Dictionary
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Definition: Bbs
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| Noun | 1. A computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest.[Wordnet]. | |
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Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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"Bbs" is a common misspelling or typo for: bus, bs, babs, bobs, BSB, abbs, ebbs, bibs, BBD, BBQ, BNS, VBS, Ybbs, bubs. |
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Date "Bbs" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1977. (references) |
Specialty Definition: Bbs
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| Computing | BBS /B-B-S/ n. [common; abbreviation, `Bulletin Board System'] An electronic bulletin board system; that is, a message database where people can log in and leave broadcast messages for others grouped (typically) into topic groups. The term was especially applied to the thousands of local BBS systems that operated during the pre-Internet microcomputer era of roughly 1980 to 1995, typically run by amateurs for fun out of their homes on MS-DOS boxes with a single modem line each. Fans of Usenet and Internet or the big commercial timesharing bboards such as CompuServe and GEnie tended to consider local BBSes the low-rent district of the hacker culture, but they served a valuable function by knitting together lots of hackers and users in the personal-micro world who would otherwise have been unable to exchange code at all. Post-Internet, BBSs are likely to be local newsgroups on an ISP; efficiency has increased but a certain flavor has been lost. See also bboard. Source: Jargon File. | ||
| Aerospace | 1: Bulletin Board System (s) - a means by which users interested in a particular topic exchange and view email messages about that topic. See Freenet. (references) | ||
| 2: Bulletin Board Server. (references) | |||
| Environment | (Bulletin Board System) A computerized meeting and announcement system that allows people to carry on discussions, upload and download files, and make announcements without the people being connected to the computer at the same time. In the early 1990's there were many thousands (millions?) of BBS's around the world, most are very small, running on a single IBM clone PC with 1 or 2 phone lines. Some are very large and the line between a BBS and a system like AOL gets crossed at some point, but it is not clearly drawn. (references) | ||
| Military | 1: See bulletin board system. (references) | ||
| 2: Bulletin Board System. (references) | |||
| 3: 1) Bulletin board server. 2) Bulletin board service. 2) Bulletin board system. (references) | |||
| Technology | 1: Brigade/Battalion Simulation. (references) | ||
| 2: Bulletin Board Systems on the Internet that provide electronic bulletin board and conferencing services. See also CWIS and Freenets. (references) | |||
| 3: Bulletin. (references) | |||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: Bbs
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| BBS door | A BBS door was a mechanism to execute and communicate with an external program, commonly a game on bulletin board systems (commonly referred to as door games). The BBS software would start the external program, and the door system would pass data back and forth between the door program, the BBS, and the remote user. To supply the door program with the user's information (such as the user's alias and the amount of time they had spent online), the BBS software would create a drop file containing information for the program to read. FOSSIL was a popular communications hardware/software interface standard used by MS-DOS compatible BBS software and door programs which has helped these legacy programs remain compatible with modern communications technologies such as Telnet and Rlogin. (references) | ||
| Bluegem BBS | Bluegem BBS is an electronic bulletin board system (or BBS in short) hosted in Beijing, China. The majority part of the current user community were past-time students of Beijing Jiaotong University (a.k.a Northern Jiaotong University). It is owned and maintained by several of its original creators, while managed by a board of administrators selected from trusted volunteers from the user community. (references) | ||
| ExecPC BBS | The ExecPC BBS (+1 414 789-4210) was a computer bulletin board system (BBS) launched on November 28, 1983 and administrated by Bob Mahoney of Elm Grove, WI. ExecPC was a pay service with limited free access. The BBS had an extensive set of doorgames, including Usurper and Lords. By the late-1990s the BBS had stopped being maintained. In 1999 the ExecBBS PC was finally unplugged. (references) | ||
| Major BBS | The Major BBS was developed by Tim Stryker and launched in 1985 as the flagship product of Tim's newly formed company called Galacticomm. The Major BBS was a technological marvel of its time allowing hundreds of simultaneous users to dial in to a single PC without the need for additional software such as an external multitasker. (references) | ||
| MIT BBS | MIT BBS is a popular online forum where thousands of overseas Chinese gather daily to exchange information and to discuss a variety of topics. (references) | ||
| Monochrome BBS | Monochrome BBS, known to users as "Mono", was originally a student bulletin board system at City University in the early 1990s, consisting mainly of a set of discussion files organised into a tree structure: there are collections of files on current affairs, technology, medicine, entertainment, lifestyles, various hobbies and sports, and so on. (references) | ||
| Mystic BBS | Mystic BBS is a bulletin board system software program started in 1994. Mystic is the first DOS-based BBS software programs to support a native telnet server. It has since been ported to Microsoft Windows, OS/2 and Linux. (references) | ||
| Rusty n Edie's BBS | Rusty n Edie's BBS (Rusty-N-Edie's) was a bulletin board system founded on May 11, 1987 by the two SysOps, Russ "Rusty" Hardenburgh and Edwina Hardenburgh, of Boardman, Ohio. At one point the BBS had over 14,000 subscribers across the United States, Canada, and Europe (each paying an $89 annual membership fee) and over 124 modem lines. (references) | ||
| SMTH BBS | Shuimu Tsinghua (abbreviated SMTH) BBS is the first and most prestigious bulletin board system among Chinese universities. Hosted by Tsinghua University, it is recognized for its diversity and depth of topics. (references) | ||
| Wildcat! BBS | Wildcat! was a bulletin board system (BBS) software package developed in 1986 by Mustang Software to create dial-up BBS operating under PC-DOS. It was later ported to Microsoft Windows. By the release of Version 4 it was the basis for over 50,000 bulletin boards worldwide. (references) | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Abbreviations & Acronyms: Bbs
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | ||||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field | |
| BBS | Danish | Bulletin board service | Computing | |
| BBS | Dutch | Besluit buitengewoon strafrecht | Public Administration, Law | |
| BBS | English | British Bryological Society | N/A | |
| BBS | German | Basis-Betriebssystem | N/A | |
| BBS | Swedish | Elektronisk anslagstavla | N/A | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | Top | |||
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"bbs" is a common misspelling or typo for: bus, bs, babs, bobs, BSB, abbs, ebbs, bibs, BBD, BBQ, BNS, VBS, Ybbs, bubs. |
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balls, bits, capsules, pills, shots, tablets. | |
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bulletin board system, bulletin board, displays announcements, electronic bulletin board, notice board. | |
| Source: Eve, based on meta analysis. | Top | |
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Translations: BBS
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| Brazilian Portuguese | BBS (BBS, bulletin board service, bulletin board system). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Simplified | 电子布告栏系统 (bbs), 碌莽脳脫鹿芦赂忙脧碌脥鲁 (BBS), 青少年的bbs (teen bbs), lolita bbs太阳 (sun lolita bbs), ranchi bbs (ranchi bbs), 青春期前的电子布告栏系统 (preteen bbs), kato电子布告栏系统 (kato bbs), 电子布告栏系统的指南 (bbs guide), bbs 板 (bbs boards), 亚洲的电子布告栏系统 (asian bbs). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Chinese Traditional | 電子佈告欄系統 (bbs, bulletin board system), 電子布告欄 (BBS), 電子公告欄布告欄系統 (BBS, bulletin board system), 青少年的bbs (teen bbs), lolita bbs太陽 (sun lolita bbs), ranchi bbs (ranchi bbs), 青春期前的電子佈告欄系統 (preteen bbs), kato電子佈告欄系統 (kato bbs), 電子佈告欄系統的指南 (bbs guide), bbs 板 (bbs boards). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latvian | sistēma BBS (BBS, bulletin board system), BBS (BBS, bulletin board system). Additional references: Latvian, Latvia, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Latviska | sistēma BBS (BBS, bulletin board system), BBS (BBS, bulletin board system). Additional references: Latviska, Latvia, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettisch | sistēma BBS (BBS, bulletin board system), BBS (BBS, bulletin board system). Additional references: Lettisch, Latvia, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Lettish | sistēma BBS (BBS, bulletin board system), BBS (BBS, bulletin board system). Additional references: Lettish, Latvia, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polish | system tablicy ogłoszeniowej (BBS), elektroniczne forum (BBS), bulletin board system BBS (BBS). Additional references: Polish, Poland, Czech Republic, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polnisch | system tablicy ogłoszeniowej (BBS), elektroniczne forum (BBS), bulletin board system BBS (BBS). Additional references: Polnisch, Poland, Czech Republic, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Polski | system tablicy ogłoszeniowej (BBS), elektroniczne forum (BBS), bulletin board system BBS (BBS). Additional references: Polski, Poland, Czech Republic, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Portuguese | BBS (bulletin board system, BBS, bulletin board service). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian | система публикации объявлений (BBS, bulletin board system). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russian (transliteration) | sistema publikatsii obʺyavleniy (BBS, bulletin board system). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki | система публикации объявлений (BBS, bulletin board system). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Russki (transliteration) | sistema publikatsii obʺyavleniy (BBS, bulletin board system). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Turkish | BBS Alt klasörü (BBS subfolder), BBS Klasörü (BBS folder), Yeni BBS Klasörü (new BBS folder), BBS Ýletisi (BBS message), Microsoft Network BBS Kılavuzu (Microsoft network BBS navigator). Additional references: Turkish, Turkey, Bulgaria, BBS. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
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