The first bulletin board system (BBS) was created in 1978, which was named 'Computerised Bulletin Board System' and a reference to the typical cork bulletin boards that you place in homes and businesses. A BBS still runs on the same idea, allowing an online community to run on a host computer. The users involved can log in, post messages on public discussion boards, send and receive email, chat with other users, and upload and download files. BBSs are text-based and often related to the specific hobbies or interests.
Usenet differs from a BBS because its worldwide, instead of centralised, accessed through the Internet or through many online services. Usenet contains more than 14,000 forums, called newsgroups, that cover almost every imaginable interest group. Created years before the Web, it is still used daily by millions of people around the world.
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