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phpBB is an Internet forum package written in the PHP scripting language.The name "phpBB" is an abbreviation of PHP Bulletin Board.Available under the GNU General Public License, phpBB is free and open-source.
A bulletin board system (BBS), also called a computer bulletin board service (CBBS), [1] is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program.
This is a list of notable bulletin board system (BBS) software packages. [1] Multi-platform. Citadel – originally written for the CP/M operating system, ...
vBulletin 4 was released in late 2009. The StyleVars system was added to draw CSS variables directly from the vBulletin Template code. [5] [unreliable source?] In July 2010, the BBC reported that there was a serious flaw in vBulletin software that allows anyone to easily access the database username and password. [6]
A forum cannot succeed unless there is an effective system of defense, and an efficient set of tools for spam removal. CAPTCHAs are a common feature used among most internet forum software and are often used to prevent automated registrations.
RBBS-PC (acronym for Remote Bulletin Board System for the Personal Computer) was a freeware, open-source BBS software program. It was written entirely in BASIC by a large team of people, starting with Russell Lane and then later enhanced by Tom Mack, Ken Goosens and others.
PTT Bulletin Board System – largest BBS in Taiwan, still the most popular online forum in 2018; Purple Ocean – one of the largest North American Gaming BBS's of in the mid-1980s; Rusty n Edie's BBS – raided by the FBI in 1993 and sued by Playboy in 1997; SDF Public Access Unix System - Started in 1987 as an ANIME SIG
PunBB was founded by Rickard Andersson as a personal project to create an alternative discussion board. [2] In August 2003, version 1.0 was released under the GNU General Public License. [3] PunBB was originally known simply as Pun because "a pun is a play on words and that's basically what happens on a bulletin board". [4]