Dictionary of Marketing Terms: bulletin board system (BBS)
bulletin board system (BBS)
electronic meeting and announcement system, generally serving a specific interest group, that allows the user to leave messages and review messages left by others as well as to carry on discussion with other users or to upload and download files. There are many thousands of BBSs in use around the world, and there is a BBS directory listing users in over 100 countries. Bulletin boards can function as relatively free places for advertising and are often good places to find free or inexpensives oftware.
