bulletin board

Also, electronic bulletin board. A computer service that provides facilities for people to leave messages by phone or telecomputing. For example, The National Writers Union has a bulletin board through which members communicate via their modems . Both the device and the term, alluding to the older board for posting notices, date from the late 1970s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wynne (1)	WIN	Welsh
Audra (1)	-	Lithuanian
Aurora	ow-RO-rah (Spanish), ə-RAWR-ə (English), OW-ro-rah (Finnish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, German, Romanian, Finnish, Roman Mythology
Bagus	-	Indonesian
NjÁLl	-	Norse Mythology, Ancient Scandinavian, Icelandic
Lamar	lə-MAHR	English, African American