What is BBS? What are its main uses and functions?

Bulletin Board System (BBS) allows users to connect through the Internet by running service software on computers and using terminal programs, and perform functions such as downloading data or programs, uploading data, reading news and exchanging messages with other users.

In the mid-1980s, in the initial stage of Internet development, dial-up BBS based on modem and telephone line communication and its interconnected BBS network began to appear. At that time, the network protocol used between BBS sites was mainly UUCP, and the content was text or graphics composed of text.

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BBS publishes electronic information through the largest Internet in the world at present, and at the same time, it also introduces a large number of advanced technologies unique to the Internet. On the whole. BBS has the following characteristics.

1, with a large amount of information

On the Internet, people can find information about almost all natural and social subjects. The establishment of large-scale electronic libraries and online information bases, the increasing number of networking and the continuous enrichment of information types.

Let the Internet become the biggest unique information source. BBS also benefits from the information advantages of the Internet. It can provide extremely rich information resources for online users.

2. Information is updated quickly.

Compared with other resources on the Internet, BBS is a kind of information that is updated faster. The information of each BBS site is constantly updated at any time. Ordinary users of BBS provide different kinds of information while obtaining information.

3. Strong interactivity

BBS has powerful real-time interactive operation function, which can provide powerful real-time dialogue and interactive games on the website. BBS is divided into many bulletin boards according to different topics.

The establishment of bulletin board is based on the requirements and preferences of most BBS users. Users can read other people's latest views on a topic, or they can post their own ideas on the bulletin board without reservation. If you need to communicate privately, you can also send what you want to say directly to someone else's mailbox.

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