"bulletin board system" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bulletin board systems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=bulletin board system}} bulletin board system (plural bulletin board systems)
  1. (computing, historical) A type of computer system, now largely obsolete, used to exchange messages and data over a telecommunications network. Wikipedia link: bulletin board system Tags: historical Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: BBS, bulletin board, bulletin board service, CBBS Translations (computer system to exchange messages and data): 電子佈告欄 (Chinese Mandarin), 电子布告栏 (diànzǐ bùgàolán) (Chinese Mandarin), 電子佈告欄系統 (Chinese Mandarin), 电子布告栏系统 (diànzǐ bùgàolán xìtǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), BBS (Chinese Mandarin), bulletin board system [neuter] (Dutch), afiŝejo (Esperanto), keskustelufoorumi (Finnish), système babillard electronique [feminine] (French), Bulletin Board System [neuter] (German), Mailbox [feminine] (German), 電子掲示板 (denshi keijiban) (alt: でんしけいじばん) (Japanese), 掲示板 (keijiban) (alt: けいじばん) (Japanese), BBS (BBS) (Japanese), 게시판 (gesipan) (alt: 揭示板) (Korean), электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний (elektrónnaja doská obʺjavlénij) [feminine] (Russian), ЭДО (EDO) [feminine] (Russian), BBS [masculine] (Russian)

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      "sense": "computer system to exchange messages and data",
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