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"Internet forum" Definition:
An Internet forum, or message board, is an online discussion site. It is the modern equivalent of a traditional bulletin board, and a technological evolution of the dialup bulletin board system. From a technological standpoint, forums or boards are web applications managing user-generated content. Forums consist of a group of contributors who usually must be registered with the system, becoming known as members. The members submit topics for discussion (known as threads) and communicate with each other using publicly visible messages (referred to as posts) or private messaging. Forums usually restrict anonymous visitors to only view the contents posted.
People participating in an Internet forum will usually build bonds with each other and interest groups will easily form around a topic's discussion, subjects dealt within or around sections in the forum. The term community refers to the segment of the online community participating in the activities of the web site they reside in. It is also used to refer to the group interested in the topic on the Internet, rather than just the site.
(This definition is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Internet forum".)

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