"BBS" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: BBSes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es}} BBS (countable and uncountable, plural BBSes)
  1. (telecommunications, Internet) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: bulletin board system or bulletin board service Categories (topical): Internet, Telecommunications Synonyms: B.B.S., B. B. S. Translations (bulletin board system): 論壇 (Chinese Mandarin), 论坛 (lùntán) (Chinese Mandarin), 揭示板 (jiēshìbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), afiŝejo (Esperanto), purkki (Finnish), SBE (Systeme Babillard Electronique m) [masculine] (French), Mailbox [feminine] (German), 掲示板 (keijiban) (alt: けいじばん) (Japanese), BBS [masculine] (Polish), электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний (elektrónnaja doská obʺjavlénij) [feminine] (Russian), ЭДО (EDO) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-BBS-en-noun-MqhfnKdL Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications Disambiguation of 'bulletin board system': 69 2 12 12 5
  2. (education) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: Bachelor of Business Studies Categories (topical): Education
    Sense id: en-BBS-en-noun-EvxrclVf Topics: education
  3. (computing) Initialism of BIOS boot sequence. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: BIOS boot sequence Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-BBS-en-noun-0mEwFjzC Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (computing) Initialism of BIOS boot specification. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: BIOS boot specification Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-BBS-en-noun-u2x~nB6F Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  5. (medicine) Initialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Bardet-Biedl syndrome Categories (topical): Medicine Derived forms (Bardet-Biedl syndrome): BBSome
    Sense id: en-BBS-en-noun-V16qAuYp Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'Bardet-Biedl syndrome': 4 0 2 2 92

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} BBS
  1. (Internet slang) Initialism of be back soon. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: be back soon Synonyms: bbs, b.b.s.
    Sense id: en-BBS-en-phrase-ySA1qCqq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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