bulletin board
noun
1
: a board for posting notices (as at a school)
2
: a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board
… a personal computer, a modem, and a telephone line are all you need to run your own bulletin board …—
John Seabrook
John SeabrookComputer bulletin board services offer up the glories of e-mail, the thought provocation of news-groups, the sharing of ideas implicit in public posting, and the interaction of real-time chats. The fabulous, wonderful, limitless world of communication is just waiting for you to log on.—M. Kadi
M. KadiExamples of bulletin board in a Sentence
Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board.
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Above his desk, pinned to a bulletin board, was a scrap of graph paper with a number scribbled on it: 11896.
—Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
By the time the lawyers emerged with the new language, Dundas’ memo was pinned to the public bulletin board in the council chamber, where spectators quickly snapped screenshots.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
The images show the bulletin board with six posters and four flags, including three international flags alongside an American flag.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
At the same time, smaller companies (many of them former bulletin board services) started becoming Internet service providers.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
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Joseph Coughlin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
By the time the lawyers emerged with the new language, Dundas’ memo was pinned to the public bulletin board in the council chamber, where spectators quickly snapped screenshots.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
The images show the bulletin board with six posters and four flags, including three international flags alongside an American flag.
—Rose Evans, Idaho Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
At the same time, smaller companies (many of them former bulletin board services) started becoming Internet service providers.
—ArsTechnica, 10 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bulletin board
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“Bulletin board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulletin%20board. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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