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Bulletin board system

Index Bulletin board system

A bulletin board system (BBS), also called a computer bulletin board service (CBBS), was a computer server running software that allowed users to connect to the system using a terminal program. [1]

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  1. 231 relations: Acoustic coupler, Algorithm, Altair 8800, Alternative lifestyle, AmiExpress, Amiga, ANSI art, ANSI escape code, AOL, Apple II, AppleLink, ARC (file format), ASCII, Assembly language, Asynchronous communication, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, ATASCII, Autocomplete, Bankruptcy, BASIC, BBC Micro, BBS: The Documentary, Berkeley Breathed, Berkeley, California, Bit rate, Bloom County, Blue Board (software), Boardman Township, Ohio, Boardwatch, Borland Graphics Interface, BT Group, Bulletin board, Busy signal, C (programming language), C-Net DS2, CBBS, CD-ROM, Channel capacity, Chat room, Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Child pornography, Citadel/UX, Classified advertising, Color64, Commodore 64, Commodore PET, Communication protocol, Community Memory, ... Expand index (181 more) »

  2. Computer-related introductions in 1978
  3. Telnet

Acoustic coupler

In telecommunications, an acoustic coupler is an interface device for coupling electrical signals by acoustical means—usually into and out of a telephone.

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Algorithm

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation.

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Altair 8800

The Altair 8800 is a microcomputer designed in 1974 by MITS and based on the Intel 8080 CPU.

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Alternative lifestyle

An alternative lifestyle or unconventional lifestyle is a lifestyle perceived to be outside the norm for a given culture.

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AmiExpress

AmiExpress - also known as /X - by Synthetic Technologies was a popular BBS software application for the Amiga line of computers.

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Amiga

Amiga is a family of personal computers introduced by Commodore in 1985. Bulletin board system and Amiga are American inventions.

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ANSI art

ANSI art is a computer art form that was widely used at one time on bulletin board systems. Bulletin board system and ANSI art are bulletin board systems.

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ANSI escape code

ANSI escape sequences are a standard for in-band signaling to control cursor location, color, font styling, and other options on video text terminals and terminal emulators.

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AOL

AOL (stylized as Aol., formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc. The service traces its history to an online service known as PlayNET. Bulletin board system and AOL are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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Apple II

The Apple II series of microcomputers was initially designed by Steve Wozniak, manufactured by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.), and launched in 1977 with the Apple II model that gave the series its name.

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AppleLink was the name of both Apple Computer's online service for its dealers, third-party developers, and users, and the client software used to access it. Bulletin board system and AppleLink are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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ARC (file format)

ARC is a lossless data compression and archival format by System Enhancement Associates (SEA).

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ASCII

ASCII, an acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.

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Assembly language

In computer programming, assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions.

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Asynchronous communication

In telecommunications, asynchronous communication is transmission of data, generally without the use of an external clock signal, where data can be transmitted intermittently rather than in a steady stream.

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Atari 8-bit computers

The Atari 8-bit computers, formally launched as the Atari Home Computer System, are a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc., in 1979 with the Atari 400 and Atari 800.

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Atari ST

Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the company's 8-bit home computers.

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ATASCII

The ATASCII character set, from ATARI Standard Code for Information Interchange, alternatively ATARI ASCII, is a character encoding used in the Atari 8-bit home computers.

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Autocomplete

Autocomplete, or word completion, is a feature in which an application predicts the rest of a word a user is typing.

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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal process through which people or other entities who cannot repay debts to creditors may seek relief from some or all of their debts.

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BASIC

BASIC (Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages designed for ease of use. Bulletin board system and BASIC are American inventions.

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BBC Micro

The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputers designed and built by Acorn Computers Limited in the 1980s for the Computer Literacy Project of the BBC.

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BBS: The Documentary

BBS: The Documentary (commonly referred to as BBS Documentary) is a 3-disc, 8-episode documentary about the subculture born from the creation of the bulletin board system (BBS) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott of textfiles.com. Bulletin board system and BBS: The Documentary are bulletin board systems.

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Berkeley Breathed

Guy Berkeley "Berke" Breathed (born June 21, 1957) is an American cartoonist, children's book author, director, and screenwriter, known for his comic strips Bloom County, Outland, and Opus.

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Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States.

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Bit rate

In telecommunications and computing, bit rate (bitrate or as a variable R) is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time.

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Bloom County

Bloom County is an American comic strip by Berkeley Breathed which originally ran from December 8, 1980, until August 6, 1989.

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Blue Board (software)

Blue Board is a bulletin board system software created by Martin Sikes (1968–2007) for the Commodore 64 in the 1980s in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and sold worldwide.

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Boardman Township, Ohio

Boardman Township is one of the fourteen townships of Mahoning County, Ohio, United States.

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Boardwatch

Boardwatch Magazine, informally known as Boardwatch, was initially published and edited by Jack Rickard. Bulletin board system and Boardwatch are bulletin board systems.

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Borland Graphics Interface

The Borland Graphics Interface, also known as BGI, was a graphics library bundled with several Borland compilers for the DOS operating systems since 1987.

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BT Group

BT Group plc (formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England.

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Bulletin board

A bulletin board (pinboard, pin board, noticeboard, or notice board in British English) is a surface intended for the posting of public messages, for example, to advertise items wanted or for sale, announce events, or provide information.

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Busy signal

A busy signal (or busy tone or engaged tone) in telephony is an audible call-progress tone or audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular telephone call.

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C (programming language)

C (pronounced – like the letter c) is a general-purpose programming language. Bulletin board system and c (programming language) are American inventions.

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C-Net DS2

C-Net DS2 (Developers System, Second Generation) was a full featured, single-line, bulletin board system (BBS) software system released in 1986 for the Commodore 64 microcomputer.

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CBBS

CBBS ("Computerized Bulletin Board System") was a computer program created by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess to allow them and other computer hobbyists to exchange information between each other. Bulletin board system and CBBS are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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CD-ROM

A CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory) is a type of read-only memory consisting of a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data computers can read—but not write or erase—CD-ROMs.

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Channel capacity

Channel capacity, in electrical engineering, computer science, and information theory, is the theoretical maximum rate at which information can be reliably transmitted over a communication channel.

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Chat room

The term chat room, or chatroom (and sometimes group chat; abbreviated as GC), is primarily used to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing. Bulletin board system and chat room are online chat.

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Chicago

Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Child pornography

Child pornography (also called CP, child sexual abuse material, CSAM, child porn, kiddie porn) is erotic material that depicts persons under the designated age of majority.

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Citadel/UX

Citadel (originally referred to as "Citadel/UX" to disambiguate it from other implementations) is a collaboration suite (messaging and groupware) that is directly descended from the Citadel family of programs which became popular in the 1980s and 1990s as a bulletin board system platform.

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Classified advertising

Classified advertising is a form of advertising, particularly common in newspapers, online and other periodicals, which may be sold or distributed free of charge.

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Color64

Color64 is a computer BBS system for the Commodore 64 during the 1980s.

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Commodore 64

The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). Bulletin board system and Commodore 64 are American inventions.

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Commodore PET

The Commodore PET is a line of personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International.

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Communication protocol

A communication protocol is a system of rules that allows two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any variation of a physical quantity.

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Community Memory

Community Memory (CM) was the first public computerized bulletin board system. Bulletin board system and Community Memory are bulletin board systems and Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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Compact disc

The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was codeveloped by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings.

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CompuServe

CompuServe (CompuServe Information Service, also known by its initialism CIS or later CSi) was an American online service, the first major commercial one in the world. Bulletin board system and CompuServe are internet forums and Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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Computer

A computer is a machine that can be programmed to automatically carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (computation).

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Computer art scene

The computer art scene, or simply artscene, is the community interested and active in the creation of computer-based artwork.

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Computer multitasking

In computing, multitasking is the concurrent execution of multiple tasks (also known as processes) over a certain period of time.

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Computer network

A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes.

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Computer program

A computer program is a sequence or set of instructions in a programming language for a computer to execute.

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Computer Shopper (US magazine)

Computer Shopper was a monthly consumer computer magazine published by SX2 Media Labs. The magazine ceased print publication in April 2009. The website was closed and redirected to the PCMag website in late May 2018.

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Computer terminal

A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system.

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Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, display or perform the protected work, or to produce derivative works.

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CP/M

CP/M, originally standing for Control Program/Monitor and later Control Program for Microcomputers, is a mass-market operating system created in 1974 for Intel 8080/85-based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc. CP/M is a disk operating system and its purpose is to organize files on a magnetic storage medium, and to load and run programs stored on a disk.

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Credit card fraud

Credit card fraud is an inclusive term for fraud committed using a payment card, such as a credit card or debit card.

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Cromemco

Cromemco, Inc. was a Mountain View, California microcomputer company known for its high-end Z80-based S-100 bus computers and peripherals in the early days of the personal computer revolution.

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Data center

A data center (American English) or data centre (Commonwealth English)See spelling differences.

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Datastorm Technologies

Datastorm Technologies, Inc., was a computer software company that existed from 1986 until 1996.

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DESQview

DESQview (DV) is a text mode multitasking operating environment developed by Quarterdeck Office Systems which enjoyed modest popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Dial-up Internet access

Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line. Bulletin board system and dial-up Internet access are American inventions.

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Donationware

Donationware is a licensing model that supplies fully operational unrestricted software to the user and requests an optional donation be paid to the programmer or a third-party beneficiary (usually a non-profit).

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Doom (1993 video game)

Doom is a first-person shooter game developed and published by id Software.

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Door (bulletin board system)

In a bulletin board system (BBS), a door is an interface between the BBS software and an external application. Bulletin board system and door (bulletin board system) are bulletin board systems.

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DOSBox

DOSBox is a free and open-source emulator which runs software for MS-DOS compatible disk operating systems—primarily video games.

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Download

In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems.

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DVD

The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.

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Dynamic web page

A dynamic web page is a web page constructed at runtime (during software execution), as opposed to a static web page, delivered as it is stored.

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Email

Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving messages using electronic devices. Bulletin board system and Email are computer-mediated communication.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Escape sequence

In computer science, an escape sequence is a combination of characters that has a meaning other than the literal characters contained therein; it is marked by one or more preceding (and possibly terminating) characters.

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Event Horizons BBS

Event Horizons BBS was a popular and perhaps the most financially successful Bulletin Board System (BBS). Bulletin board system and Event Horizons BBS are bulletin board systems.

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Excalibur BBS

Excalibur BBS was a Windows-based GUI BBS software developed by Excalibur Communications.

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ExecPC BBS

ExecPC is an online service provider started in 1983 by owner Bob Mahoney as the Exec-PC BBS. Bulletin board system and ExecPC BBS are bulletin board systems.

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Extended ASCII

Extended ASCII is a repertoire of character encodings that include (most of) the original 96 ASCII character set, plus up to 128 additional characters.

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Falken (bulletin board system)

Originally created by Herb Rose, Falken BBS was one of the few BBS products that allowed up to 128 users to dial into a single system (running DOS) using multiport hardware, requiring no external multitasker. Bulletin board system and Falken (bulletin board system) are bulletin board systems.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction involving magical elements, as well as a work in this genre.

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FastEcho

FastEcho is a message processing package for FTN (FidoNet Technology Network) mail systems.

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FidoNet

FidoNet logo by John Madill FidoNet is a worldwide computer network that is used for communication between bulletin board systems (BBSes). Bulletin board system and FidoNet are bulletin board systems, computer-mediated communication and Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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File Transfer Protocol

The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network.

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FirstClass

FirstClass is a client–server groupware, email, online conferencing, voice and fax services, and bulletin-board system for Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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Flint, Michigan

Flint is the largest city and seat of Genesee County, Michigan, United States.

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FOSSIL

FOSSIL is a standard protocol for allowing serial communication for telecommunications programs under the DOS operating system.

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Free-net

A free-net was originally a computer system or network that provided public access to digital resources and community information, including personal communications, through modem dialup via the public switched telephone network. Bulletin board system and free-net are bulletin board systems.

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Freeware

Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user.

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FrontDoor

FrontDoor was one of the most popular mailers in the FidoNet-compatible networks in the 1990s, acting as the physical representation of the written network node connection and mail handling standards.

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Gameplay

Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games.

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Gateway (telecommunications)

A gateway is a piece of networking hardware or software used in telecommunications networks that allows data to flow from one discrete network to another.

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GNU Screen

GNU Screen is a terminal multiplexer, a software application that can be used to multiplex several virtual consoles, allowing a user to access multiple separate login sessions inside a single terminal window, or detach and reattach sessions from a terminal.

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Gopher (protocol)

The Gopher protocol is a communication protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents in Internet Protocol networks.

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Graphical user interface

A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation. Bulletin board system and graphical user interface are American inventions.

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Great Blizzard of 1978

The Great Blizzard of 1978 was a historic winter storm that struck the Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions of the United States as well as Southern Ontario in Canada from Wednesday, January 25 through Friday, January 27, 1978.

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Grey hat

A grey hat (greyhat or gray hat) is a computer hacker or computer security expert who may sometimes violate laws or typical ethical standards, but usually does not have the malicious intent typical of a black hat hacker.

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Hard disk drive

A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material. Bulletin board system and hard disk drive are American inventions.

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Hayes Microcomputer Products

Hayes Microcomputer Products was a US-based manufacturer of modems.

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Home computer

Home computers were a class of microcomputers that entered the market in 1977 and became common during the 1980s.

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HTML

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser.

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IBM Personal Computer

The IBM Personal Computer (model 5150, commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible ''de facto'' standard.

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Id Software

id Software LLC is an American video game developer based in Richardson, Texas.

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Imageboard

An imageboard is a type of Internet forum that focuses on the posting of images, often alongside text and discussion. Bulletin board system and imageboard are internet forums.

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IMSAI 8080

The IMSAI 8080 is an early microcomputer released in late 1975, based on the Intel 8080 (and later 8085) and S-100 bus.

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InfoWorld

InfoWorld (IW) is an American information technology media business.

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Input method

An input method (or input method editor, commonly abbreviated IME) is an operating system component or program that enables users to generate characters not natively available on their input devices by using sequences of characters (or mouse operations) that are available to them.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. Bulletin board system and internet are American inventions.

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Internet forum

An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. Bulletin board system and Internet forum are internet forums and online chat.

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Internet protocol suite

The Internet protocol suite, commonly known as TCP/IP, is a framework for organizing the set of communication protocols used in the Internet and similar computer networks according to functional criteria.

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Internet service provider

An Internet service provider (ISP) is an organization that provides myriad services related to accessing, using, managing, or participating in the Internet.

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IRC

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. Bulletin board system and IRC are online chat.

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ISCABBS

ISCABBS, also known as ISCA, is a bulletin board system ("BBS"), formerly based at the University of Iowa. Bulletin board system and ISCABBS are bulletin board systems.

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Jason Scott

Jason Scott Sadofsky (born September 13, 1970), more commonly known as Jason Scott, is an American archivist, historian of technology, filmmaker, performer, and actor.

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Job control (Unix)

In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, job control refers to control of jobs by a shell, especially interactively, where a "job" is a shell's representation for a process group.

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JPEGView

JPEGView is a discontinued image viewer for Mac OS in the 1990s by Aaron Giles.

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Lamer

Lamer is a jargon or slang name originally applied in cracker and phreaker culture to someone who did not really understand what they were doing.

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Lee Felsenstein

Lee Felsenstein (born April 27, 1945) is an American computer engineer who played a central role in the development of personal computers.

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Leet

Leet (or "1337"), also known as eleet or leetspeak, is a system of modified spellings used primarily on the Internet.

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Linux

Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.

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List of BBS software

This is a list of notable bulletin board system (BBS) software packages.

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List of bulletin board systems

This is an incomplete list of notable bulletin board systems. Bulletin board system and list of bulletin board systems are bulletin board systems.

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List of ITU-T V-series recommendations

The ITU-T V-Series Recommendations on Data communication over the telephone network specify the protocols that govern approved modem communication standards and interfaces.

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Local area network

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.

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Mac (computer)

Mac, short for Macintosh (its official name until 1999), is a family of personal computers designed and marketed by Apple.

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Mainframe computer

A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.

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Markup language

A markup language is a text-encoding system which specifies the structure and formatting of a document and potentially the relationship between its parts. Bulletin board system and markup language are American inventions.

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Matchmaker.com

Matchmaker.com was the first online dating service.

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Maximus (BBS)

Maximus is a bulletin board system, originally developed by Scott J. Dudley through his company, Lanius Corporation.

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Merchant account

A merchant account is a type of bank account that allows businesses to accept payments in multiple ways, typically debit or credit cards.

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Microcomputer

A microcomputer is a small, relatively inexpensive computer having a central processing unit (CPU) made out of a microprocessor.

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Microcontroller

A microcontroller (MC, UC, or μC) or microcontroller unit (MCU) is a small computer on a single integrated circuit.

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Micronet 800

Micronet 800 was an information provider (IP) on Prestel, aimed at the 1980s personal computer market. Bulletin board system and Micronet 800 are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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Middlesex County, New Jersey

Middlesex County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, extending inland from the Raritan Valley region to the northern portion of the Jersey Shore.

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MindVox

MindVox was an early Internet service provider in New York City. Bulletin board system and MindVox are bulletin board systems.

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Minitel

The Minitel, officially known as TELETEL, was an interactive videotex online service accessible through telephone lines. Bulletin board system and Minitel are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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Modem

A modulator-demodulator or most commonly referred to as modem is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio. Bulletin board system and modem are American inventions and bulletin board systems.

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MS-DOS

MS-DOS (acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.

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Mystic BBS

Mystic BBS is a bulletin board system software program that began in 1995 and was first released to the public in December 1997 for MS-DOS.

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NAPLPS

NAPLPS (North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax) is a graphics language for use originally with videotex and teletext services.

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NCSA Mosaic

NCSA Mosaic was among the first widely available web browsers, instrumental in popularizing the World Wide Web and the general Internet by integrating multimedia such as text and graphics.

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NetFoss

NetFoss is a popular Network FOSSIL driver for Windows.

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Online game

An online game is a video game that is either partially or primarily played through the Internet or any other computer network available.

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Online magazine

An online magazine is a magazine published on the Internet, through bulletin board systems and other forms of public computer networks.

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Online service provider

An online service provider (OSP) can, for example, be an Internet service provider, an email provider, a news provider (press), an entertainment provider (music, movies), a search engine, an e-commerce site, an online banking site, a health site, an official government site, social media, a wiki, or a Usenet newsgroup. Bulletin board system and online service provider are computer-mediated communication and Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

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OS/2

OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci.

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Pace plc

Pace plc was a British company which developed set-top boxes (STBs), advanced residential gateways, software and services for the pay-TV and broadband services industry.

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Packet radio

In digital radio, packet radio is the application of packet switching techniques to digital radio communications.

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Pascal (programming language)

Pascal is an imperative and procedural programming language, designed by Niklaus Wirth as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring.

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PCBoard

PCBoard (PCB) was a bulletin board system (BBS) application first introduced for DOS in 1983 by Clark Development Company.

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Pennywhistle modem

The Pennywhistle was an early acoustic coupler modem originally designed and built by Lee Felsenstein in 1973, and later commercialized and offered for sale in 1976.

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PETSCII

PETSCII (PET Standard Code of Information Interchange), also known as CBM ASCII, is the character set used in Commodore Business Machines' 8-bit home computers.

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Phil Katz

Phillip Walter Katz (November 3, 1962 – April 14, 2000) was a computer programmer best known as the co-creator of the ZIP file format for data compression, and the author of PKZIP, a program for creating zip files that ran under DOS.

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Phreaking

Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks.

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Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods.

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PKZIP

PKZIP is a file archiving computer program, notable for introducing the popular ZIP file format.

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PLATO (computer system)

PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations), also known as Project Plato and Project PLATO, was the first generalized computer-assisted instruction system.

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Playboy

Playboy (stylized in all caps) is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online.

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PODSnet

Pagan Occult Distribution System Network (PODSnet) was a neopagan/occult computer network of Pagan Sysops and Sysops carrying Pagan/Magickal/Occult oriented echoes operating on an international basis, with FIDO Nodes in Australia, Canada, Germany, the U.K., and across the USA. Bulletin board system and PODSnet are bulletin board systems.

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Pornography

Pornography (colloquially known as porn or porno) has been defined as sexual subject material such as a picture, video, text, or audio that is intended for sexual arousal.

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Porting

In software engineering, porting is the process of adapting software for the purpose of achieving some form of execution in a computing environment that is different from the one that a given program (meant for such execution) was originally designed for (e.g., different CPU, operating system, or third party library).

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Prestel

Prestel (abbrev. from press telephone), the brand name for the UK Post Office Telecommunications's Viewdata technology, was an interactive videotex system developed during the late 1970s and commercially launched in 1979. Bulletin board system and Prestel are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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Prodigy (online service)

Prodigy Communications Corporation was an online service from 1984 to 2001 that offered its subscribers access to a broad range of networked services. Bulletin board system and Prodigy (online service) are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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PTT Bulletin Board System

PTT Bulletin Board System (PTT,, telnet://ptt.cc) is the largest terminal-based bulletin board system (BBS) based in Taiwan. Bulletin board system and PTT Bulletin Board System are bulletin board systems.

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Qmodem

Qmodem was an MS-DOS shareware telecommunications program and terminal emulator.

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Quantum Link (or Q-Link) was an American and Canadian online service for the Commodore 64 and 128 personal computers that operated starting November 5, 1985. Bulletin board system and Quantum Link are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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QWK (file format)

QWK is a file-based offline mail reader format that was popular among bulletin board system (BBS) users, especially users of FidoNet and other networks that generated large volumes of mail. Bulletin board system and QWK (file format) are bulletin board systems.

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Randy Suess

Randy John Suess (January 27, 1945 – December 10, 2019) was the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online.

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RBBS-PC

RBBS-PC (acronym for Remote Bulletin Board System for the Personal Computer) was a freeware, open-source BBS software program. Bulletin board system and RBBS-PC are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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RelayNet

RelayNet was an e-mail exchange network used by PCBoard bulletin board systems (BBS's).

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Remote Imaging Protocol

The Remote Imaging Protocol and its associated Remote Imaging Protocol Script language, RIPscrip, is a graphics language that provides a system for sending vector graphics over low-bandwidth links, notably modems. Bulletin board system and Remote Imaging Protocol are bulletin board systems.

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RemoteAccess

RemoteAccess is a DOS Bulletin Board System (BBS) software package written by Andrew Milner and published by his company Wantree Development in Australia.

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Renegade (BBS)

Renegade is a freeware bulletin board system (BBS) written for IBM PC-compatible computers running MS-DOS that gained popularity among hobbyist BBSes in the early to mid 1990s.

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Rusty n Edie's BBS

Rusty n Edie's BBS (Rusty-N-Edie's) was a bulletin board system founded on May 11, 1987 by the two SysOps, Russell & Edwina Hardenburgh, of Boardman, Ohio. Bulletin board system and Rusty n Edie's BBS are bulletin board systems.

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S-100 bus

The S-100 bus or Altair bus, IEEE 696-1983 (withdrawn), is an early computer bus designed in 1974 as a part of the Altair 8800.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a region of California surrounding and including the San Francisco Bay.

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Sanatorium

A sanatorium (from Latin sānāre 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, is a historic name for a specialised hospital for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments, and convalescence.

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Server (computing)

A server is a computer that provides information to other computers called "clients" on computer network.

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Shareware

Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost.

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Shell account

A shell account is a user account on a remote server, typically running under Unix or Linux operating systems.

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Skypix

Skypix is the name of a markup language used to encode graphics content such as changeable fonts, mouse-controlled actions, animations and sound to bulletin board system.

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Slang

A slang is a vocabulary (words, phrases, and linguistic usages) of an informal register, common in everyday conversation but avoided in formal writing.

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Social networking service

A social networking service (SNS), or social networking site, is a type of online social media platform which people use to build social networks or social relationships with other people who share similar personal or career content, interests, activities, backgrounds or real-life connections.

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Spamming

Spamming is the use of messaging systems to send multiple unsolicited messages (spam) to large numbers of recipients for the purpose of commercial advertising, non-commercial proselytizing, or any prohibited purpose (especially phishing), or simply repeatedly sending the same message to the same user.

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Store and forward

Store and forward is a telecommunications technique in which information is sent to an intermediate station where it is kept and sent at a later time to the final destination or to another intermediate station.

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Subculture

A subculture is a group of people within a cultural society that differentiates itself from the conservative and standard values to which it belongs, often maintaining some of its founding principles.

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Synchronet

Synchronet is a multiplatform BBS software package, with current ports for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and BSD variants. Bulletin board system and Synchronet are telnet.

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Synchronous computer-mediated communication

Synchronous conferencing or synchronous computer-mediated communication is the formal term used in computing, in particular in computer-mediated communication, collaboration, and learning, to describe technologies informally known as online chat. Bulletin board system and synchronous computer-mediated communication are online chat.

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Synchronous serial communication

Synchronous serial communication describes a serial communication protocol in which "data is sent in a continuous stream at constant rate." Synchronous communication requires that the clocks in the transmitting and receiving devices are synchronized – running at the same rate – so the receiver can sample the signal at the same time intervals used by the transmitter.

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Sysop

A sysop (an abbreviation of system operator) is an administrator of a multi-user computer system, such as a bulletin board system (BBS) or an online service virtual community. Bulletin board system and sysop are bulletin board systems.

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TeleFinder

TeleFinder is a Macintosh-based bulletin-board system written by Spider Island Software, based on a client–server model whose client end provides a Mac-like GUI.

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Telegard

Telegard is an early bulletin board system (BBS) software program written for IBM PC-compatible computers running MS-DOS and OS/2.

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Teletext

Teletext, or broadcast teletext, is a standard for displaying text and rudimentary graphics on suitably equipped television sets.

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Telix

Telix is a telecommunications program originally written for DOS by Colin Sampaleanu and released in 1986.

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Telnet

Telnet (short for "teletype network") is a client/server application protocol that provides access to virtual terminals of remote systems on local area networks or the Internet.

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Terminal emulator

A terminal emulator, or terminal application, is a computer program that emulates a video terminal within some other display architecture. Bulletin board system and terminal emulator are bulletin board systems.

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Terminal multiplexer

A terminal multiplexer is a software application that can be used to multiplex several separate pseudoterminal-based login sessions inside a single terminal display, terminal emulator window, PC/workstation system console, or remote login session, or to detach and reattach sessions from a terminal.

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Terminate (software)

Terminate (terminat.exe) was a shareware modem terminal and host program for MS-DOS and compatible operating systems, developed during the 1990s by Bo Bendtsen from Denmark.

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Textboard

A textboard is a simple kind of Internet forum; most textboards require neither registration nor entry of a screen name.

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Textfiles.com

textfiles.com is a website dedicated to preserving the digital documents that contain the history of the bulletin board system (BBS) world and various subcultures, and thus providing "a glimpse into the history of writers and artists bound by the 128 characters that the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) allowed them". Bulletin board system and Textfiles.com are bulletin board systems.

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The Bread Board System

The Bread Board System (TBBS) is a multiline MS-DOS based commercial bulletin board system software package written in 1983 by Philip L. Becker.

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The Flint Journal

The Flint Journal is a quad-weekly newspaper based in Flint, Michigan, owned by Booth Newspapers, a subsidiary of Advance Publications.

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The Major BBS

The Major BBS (sometimes MajorBBS or MBBS) was bulletin board software (a bulletin board system server) developed between 1986 and 1999 by Galacticomm.

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The WELL

The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, normally shortened to The WELL or, alternatively, The Well, is a virtual community that was launched in 1985. Bulletin board system and the WELL are bulletin board systems, internet forums and Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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Theme (computing)

In computing, a theme is a preset package containing graphical appearance and functionality details.

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Tom Jennings

Thomas Daniel Jennings (born 1955) is a Los Angeles-based artist and computer programmer, known for his work that led to FidoNet (the first message and file networking bulletin board system, or BBS), and for his work at Phoenix Software on MS-DOS integration and interoperability.

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TRS-80

The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores.

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University of Southern California

The University of Southern California (USC, SC, Southern Cal) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Upload

Uploading refers to transmitting data from one computer system to another through means of a network.

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Usenet

Usenet, USENET, or, "in full", User's Network, is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. Bulletin board system and Usenet are computer-mediated communication, internet forums, online chat and Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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User-generated content

User-generated content (UGC), alternatively known as user-created content (UCC), is generally any form of content, such as images, videos, audio, text, testimonials, and software (e.g. video game mods), that has been posted by users on online content aggregation platforms such as social media, discussion forums and wikis.

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UUCP

UUCP (Unix-to-Unix Copy) is a suite of computer programs and protocols allowing remote execution of commands and transfer of files, email and netnews between computers.

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Vector graphics

Vector graphics are a form of computer graphics in which visual images are created directly from geometric shapes defined on a Cartesian plane, such as points, lines, curves and polygons.

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Viewdata

Viewdata is a Videotex implementation.

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Ward Christensen

Ward Christensen (born 1945 in West Bend, Wisconsin, United States) is the co-founder of the CBBS bulletin board, the first bulletin board system (BBS) ever brought online.

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Warez

Warez is a common computing and broader cultural term referring to pirated software (i.e. illegally copied, often after deactivation of anti-piracy measures) that is distributed via the Internet.

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Wildcat! BBS

Wildcat! BBS is a bulletin board system server application that Mustang Software developed in 1986 for MS-DOS, and later ported to Microsoft Windows.

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Windows 95

Windows 95 is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft as part of its Windows 9x family of operating systems.

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WinZip

WinZip is a trialware file archiver and compressor for Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS and Android.

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World Wide Web

The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is an information system that enables content sharing over the Internet through user-friendly ways meant to appeal to users beyond IT specialists and hobbyists.

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WWIV

WWIV was a brand of bulletin board system software popular from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s.

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WWIVnet

WWIVnet was a Bulletin board system (BBS) network for WWIV-based BBSes. Bulletin board system and WWIVnet are Pre–World Wide Web online services.

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XMODEM

XMODEM is a simple file transfer protocol developed as a quick hack by Ward Christensen for use in his 1977 MODEM.ASM terminal program.

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YMODEM

YMODEM is a file transfer protocol used between microcomputers connected together using modems.

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ZIP (file format)

ZIP is an archive file format that supports lossless data compression. Bulletin board system and ZIP (file format) are American inventions.

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ZMODEM

ZMODEM is an inline file transfer protocol developed by Chuck Forsberg in 1986, in a project funded by Telenet in order to improve file transfers on their X.25 network.

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2600: The Hacker Quarterly

2600: The Hacker Quarterly is an American seasonal publication of technical information and articles, many of which are written and submitted by the readership, on a variety of subjects including hacking, telephone switching systems, Internet protocols and services, as well as general news concerning the computer "underground." With origins in the phone phreaking community and late 20th-century counterculture, 2600 and its associated conference transitioned to coverage of modern hacker culture, and the magazine has become a platform for speaking out against increased digital surveillance and advocacy of personal and digital freedoms.

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3D Realms

3D Realms Entertainment ApS is a video game publisher based in Aalborg, Denmark.

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See also

Computer-related introductions in 1978

Telnet

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system

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