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• forum n. [Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in BBS
  a mailing list, or a newsgroup (see postings for all to read and discussion ensues....
• ewsgroup: [USENET] n. One of {USENET}'s huge collection of topic groups or {fora}.
  Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post) or `moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who edits or filters and then posts the results)....
• BBS: /B-B-S/ [abbreviation, `Bulletin Board System'] n.
  An electronic bulletin board system; that is, a message database where people can log in and leave broadcast messages for others grouped (typically) into {topic group}s....
• bboard: /bee'bord/ [contraction of `bulletin board'] n.
  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)....
• fora: pl.n. Plural of {forum}. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary
• USENET: /yoos'net/ or /yooz'net/ [from `Users' Network'] n.
  A distributed {bboard} (bulletin board) system supported mainly by UNIX machines....
• posting: n. Noun corresp. to v. {post} (but note that {post} can be nouned).
  Distinguished from a `letter' or ordinary {email} message by the fact that it is broadcast rather than point-to-point....
• alker system: n. British hackerism for software that enables real-time chat or {talk mode}.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• ewsgroup n. [Usenet] One of Usenet's huge collection of topic groups or fora.
  Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post) or `moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who edits or filters and then posts the results)....