BBS

See also: bbs, BBs, and B♭s

English

Phrase

BBS

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of be back soon.

Alternative forms

• bbs, b.b.s.

Noun

BBS (countable and uncountable, plural BBSes)

1. (telecommunications, Internet) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.
2. (education) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies.
3. (computing) Initialism of BIOS boot sequence.
4. (computing) Initialism of BIOS boot specification.
5. (medicine) Initialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.

Alternative forms

• B.B.S., B. B. S.

Derived terms

• (Bardet-Biedl syndrome): BBSome

Translations

bulletin board system

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 論壇／论坛 (zh) (lùntán), 揭示板 (jiēshìbǎn)

• Esperanto: afiŝejo
• Finnish: purkki (fi)
• French: SBE m (Systeme Babillard Electronique m)
• German: Mailbox (de) f
• Japanese: 掲示板 (ja) (けいじばん, keijiban)
• Polish: BBS (pl) m
• Russian: электро́нная доска́ объявле́ний f (elektrónnaja doská obʺjavlénij), ЭДО f (EDO)