bulletin board

Also, electronic bulletin board. A computer service that provides facilities for people to leave messages by phone or telecomputing. For example, The National Writers Union has a bulletin board through which members communicate via their modems . Both the device and the term, alluding to the older board for posting notices, date from the late 1970s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cydney	SID-nee	English (Modern)
Akbar	-	Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Indian (Muslim)
Marcela	mahr-THE-lah (Spanish), mahr-SE-lah (Latin American Spanish), mahr-TSE-lah (Polish), mahr-CHE-lah (Romanian), MAHR-tse-lah (Czech)	Spanish, Polish, Romanian, Czech
Gilad	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Decima	DEK-i-ma	Ancient Roman
PatrÍCio	pə-TREE-syoo	Portuguese