bulletin board

noun

1

: a board for posting notices (as at a school)

2

: a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board

… a personal computer, a modem, and a telephone line are all you need to run your own bulletin board …

—John Seabrook

Computer bulletin board services offer up the glories of e-mail, the thought provocation of news-groups, the sharing of ideas implicit in public posting, and the interaction of real-time chats. The fabulous, wonderful, limitless world of communication is just waiting for you to log on.

—M. Kadi

Examples of bulletin board in a Sentence

Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board.

Recent Examples on the Web

Principal Todd Manuel said the bulletin board highlighting Harris was not politically motivated and that the school supports students' freedom of political expression. —Shaniece Holmes-Brown, Connecticut Post, 22 Oct. 2024

There was also a bulletin board, which soldiers took to calling the Wall of Shame, at the center of Ivan’s base displaying the portraits of these men. —Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024

Zoom in: The messages, written on a rainbow of sticky notes stapled to a bulletin board, range from funny to surprisingly vulnerable. —Adam Tamburin, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024

One San Francisco player has already given Darnold bulletin board material heading into this game. —Vincent Frank, Forbes, 14 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

bulletin board

noun

1

: a board for posting notices (as at a school)

2

: a place on a computer network (as the Internet) where people can leave or read public messages