A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
[mainly US]regional note: in BRIT, use noticeboard
2. countable noun
In computing, a bulletin board is a system that enables users to send and receive messages of general interest.
[computing]
The bulletin board provided a forum for investors to exchange news.
bulletin board in British English
noun
1. US and Canadian
a board on which notices, advertisements, bulletins, etc, are displayed
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): notice board
2. computing
a facility on a computer network allowing any user to leave messages that can be read by any other user, and to download software and information to the user's own computer
bulletin board in American English
US
1.
a board or wall area on which bulletins, notices, or displays are put up
2.
a computer system accessible by modem, set up to allow users, esp. of microcomputers, to exchange messages, software, etc., usually in a particular field of interest
Examples of 'bulletin board' in a sentence
bulletin board
On their way out, she let the pictures fall from her hand onto the antique side table under the bulletin board.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY
First I looked at the photographs that had been tacked up on the bulletin board.
Pickard, Nancy NO BODY
I stopped to read the notices on the bulletin board at the end of the hall.
Tapply, William G A RODENT OF DOUBT
But he could hardly post a sign on the town bulletin board requesting information concerning plans for coups d'état.
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British English: bulletin board /ˈbʊlɪtɪn bɔːd/ NOUN
A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.