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Electronic Bulletin Board System

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Electronic bulletin board system ( Bulletin Board System (BBS) by running service software on the computer, allowing users to use a terminal program to connect via telephone modem dial-up or the Internet to perform functions such as downloading data or programs, uploading data, reading news, exchanging messages with other users, etc. Many BBSs are run by webmasters (often referred to as "webmasters"), who are often called "webmasters" or "webmasters" in their own right. Many BBSs are amateurishly maintained by webmasters (often referred to as SYSOP-SYStem OPerator), while others offer fee-based services.

Currently, there are times when BBS also refers to Internet forums or Internet communities in general.

Table of Contents [Hidden]

1 BBS Technology and Common Software

1.1 Common Telnet Client Programs

1.2 Common Server-Side BBS System Software

2 BBS Humanities and Culture

2.1 The Mainland Chinese BBS "System Maintenance "system maintenance"

2.1.1 "Data leakage"

2.2 BBS terminology

3 See also

4 External links

[edit] BBS technology and common software

In the 1900s mid-1980s, dial-up BBSs and their interconnections formed BBS networks. At that time, the network protocol used between BBS sites was mainly UUCP, and the content was all text or graphics composed of text.

When the Internet and broadband were not yet available, and modems were still being developed, dial-up BBSs became popular, and large and small stations sprang up. During this period, the main services of these BBSs were: file/*** enjoy software downloads, and various kinds of discussion forums. At that time, the more common server-side programs were SuperBBS (SBBS), ProBoard, Remote Access (RA), MAXIMUS, and so on, and there were also some well-known inter-site forwarding networks, such as FidoNet in foreign countries, and 90Net in Taiwan.

Later, with the popularity of the Internet and the development of multimedia web pages based on the HTTP protocol, the traditional text-only dial-up BBS and BBS networks have been withering away, and there are few left. As a result of the emergence of a more colorful and diverse Web-based discussion environment, so in most countries or regions, the term BBS refers to the discussion of the environment is not the traditional text-only interface, the word has the same or similar to the "forum (Forum)".

Currently, most text-based BBS sites are based on the Internet's Telnet protocol. On the server side, using Maple BBS or FireBird BBS system. The user side through Telnet software such as NetTerm, CTerm, FTerm, etc. to log on to the server, read and publish articles, send e-mail, through the simulation of the ZModem protocol to upload and download data files. Some sites also provide SSH login to ensure the security of the connection, and many sites provide a Web-based interface to facilitate the use of the user

.