A bulletin board (sometimes called a bboard, pronounced BEE-board) is a computerized meeting, announcement, and message forum that enables remote users to exchange e-mail, post and read public messages, converse with others in real time by typing...

A system for people to call into with their home computers and modems to exchange messages, software, or pictures. These systems usually are free to their...

A Bulletin board system, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to dial into the system over a phone line (or Telnet) and, using a terminal program, perform functions such as downloading software and data, uploading data,...

The personal-computer industry is growing so fast and making so much money that you might never know one of the best things about owning one: how much great stuff you can get free for your computer. You'll need a modem and spirit of adventure,...

This article is the second in a series on computer applications in environmental health. As explained in an earlier issue (1), we assume the reader has access to a computer and modem, and the software to coordinate this hardware. Despite some initial doubts,...

The recording industry is going after an old-fashioned online bulletin board system called Usenet, filing a lawsuit against one provider on grounds it allows users to illegally distribute copyright-protected music.Music companies, represented by the trade group Recording Industry Association of America, said Internet users have...