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BBS¹

phrase bbs · b.b.s.

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of be back soon

noun BBSes · BBSs · B.B.S. · B. B. S.

  1. Internet, abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service Parallel to the emergence of text-based multiplayer games, though, was another kind of virtual community: Bulletin Boards (BBSs). BBSs were modems people could dial up to, connect with, and exchange software and messages with other members of the community. […] These BBSs, early frontier outposts of
  2. abbreviation, countable, uncountable Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies
  3. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of BIOS boot sequence
  4. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of BIOS boot specification
  5. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome
  6. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of baby brine shrimp
  7. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of Bogart-Bacall syndrome

BBs²

noun

  1. plural plural of BB

bbs³

phrase

  1. Alternative letter-case form of BBS (be back soon).

noun

  1. plural plural of bb

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: bulletin board, ammo, obs, rum, ron, nors, pellets, usenet, atari, ftp, irc, ovi, tcp, aol, ajax, jennifer lopez

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noun bulletin board system

日本語掲示板 keijiban
中文論壇 /论坛 lùntán, 揭示板 jiēshìbǎn
FrançaisSBE (Systeme Babillard Electronique m)
DeutschMailbox
Русскийэлектро́нная доска́ объявле́ний elektrónnaja doská obʺjavlénij, ЭДО EDO

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@misc{bbs_2026,
  title = {bbs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bbs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}