Bulletin board systems

thumb|Acoustic coupler modems used a telephone handset as the audio medium, with the user dialing the desired number and then pressing the handset into the modem to complete the connection. These systems generally operated at a speed of 300 bits per second.

computer server

program that emulates a video terminal

A sysop (, ; an abbreviation of system operator, and sometimes further abbreviated to just op) is an administrator of a multi-user computer system, such as a bulletin board system (BBS) or an online service virtual community. The phrase may also be used to refer to administrators of other Internet-based network services. Sysops typically do not earn money, but donate their activity to the community.

virtual community

demogroup

file format

Public computerized bulletin board system

bulletin board system based in Taiwan

plain-text file describing the archive to which it belongs

2016 film by Johannes Grenzfurthner