bulletin board service

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bulletin board service

A dated term for a dialup computer access service for email, web access and participation in newsgroups and lists or file-exchange files.

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In the next year, Levitt anticipates significant expansion of the bulletin board service as users become accustomed to booking their own space.

Pacific Gas links customers, competitors to enterprise network

The major difference between database services and bulletin board services is the degree of interactivity.

To give you a foundation, let's look generally at the kinds of information that can be found on commercial database services and bulletin board services.

Hybrid services: These database vendors provide access both to the databases of the commercial services and to the resources of the bulletin board services.

Database and bulletin board services: a guide to on-line resources

This handy book also teaches readers how to identify bulletin board services across the country that offer career and employment information.

The On-Line Job Search Companion

IRP-BBS provides users with access to electronic filing and other common electronic bulletin board services.

IRS wants more 1099s filed electronically

Station developers envision a channel that provides bulletin board services, educational programs, homework seminars, broadcasts of school events such as a variety show or presentation by a guest speaker, and community access to school board meetings.