BULLETIN BOARD SYSTEM (BBS)
\bˈʊlɪtˌɪn bˈɔːd sˈɪstəm bˌiːbˌiːˈɛs], \bˈʊlɪtˌɪn bˈɔːd sˈɪstəm bˌiːbˌiːˈɛs], \b_ˈʊ_l_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_n b_ˈɔː_d s_ˈɪ_s_t_ə_m__ b_ˌiː_b_ˌiː__ˈɛ_s]\
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A computer system running software that allows users to connect and log in to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, a user can perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and exchanging messages with other users, either through electronic mail or in public message boards.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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