BBS

What's BBS? My Indian classmates asked me this question 1 minutes ago. They never heard about Bulletine Board System. Maybe it is another typical and unique Taiwanese style.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system

A Bulletin Board System, or BBS, is a computer system running software that allows users to connect and login to the system using a terminal program. Originally BBSes were accessed only over a phone line using a modem, but by the early 1990s some BBSes allowed access via a Telnet or packet radio connection.

Once a user logged in, they could perform functions such as downloading or uploading software and data, reading news, and exchanging messages with other users. Many BBSes also offered on-line games, in which users could compete with each other, and BBSes with multiple phone lines often offered IRC-like chat rooms, allowing users to meet each other.

In recent years, the term BBS is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to any online forum or message board.