Bulletin board system

Bulletin board system, by Wikipedia / CC BY SA 3.0 #American_inventions #Bulletin_board_systems #Online_chat #Pre–World_Wide_Web_online_services #Internet_forums #Virtual_communities #Computer-mediated_communication #Telephony #Telnet #Computer-related_introductions_in_1978 A welcome screen for the Free-net bulletin board, from 1994 A bulletin board system or BBS （also called Computer Bulletin Board Service, CBBS） is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, the user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users through public message boards and sometimes via direct chatting. In the early 1980s, message networks such as FidoNet were developed to provide services such as NetMail, which is similar to internet-based email. Many BBSes also offer online games in which users can compete with each othe