ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electronic bulletin board mean? 

• ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD (noun)
  The noun ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bbs; bulletin board; bulletin board system; electronic bulletin board

Hypernyms ("electronic bulletin board" is a kind of...):

digital computer (a computer that represents information by numerical (binary) digits)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)