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bboard /bee'bord/ n.
[contraction of `bulletin board'] 1. Any electronic bulletin board; esp. used of [BBS] systems running on personal micros, less frequently of a Usenet [newsgroup] (in fact, use of this term for a newsgroup generally marks one either as a [newbie] fresh in from the BBS world or as a real old-timer predating Usenet). 2. At CMU and other colleges with similar facilities, refers to campus-wide electronic bulletin boards. 3. The term `physical bboard' is sometimes used to refer to an old-fashioned, non-electronic cork-and-thumbtack memo board. At CMU, it refers to a particular one outside the CS Lounge.