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The free-throw lane and free-throw circle together (originally, the lane was narrower than the circle's diameter, giving the area the appearance of a skeleton key hole). kicking A violation called when a player intentionally uses their foot or leg to contact the ball. Play is stopped and the ball is given to the non-violating team to inbound ...
Policing, politics. Types. Computer, radio, paper. An all-points bulletin ( APB) is an electronic information broadcast sent from one sender to a group of recipients, to rapidly communicate an important message. [ 1] The technology used to send this broadcast has varied throughout time, and includes teletype, radio, computerized bulletin board ...
United States men's national basketball team, 1992 – "The Dream Team" [247] United States men's national basketball team, 2008 – "The Redeem Team" [248] Canada men's national basketball team – "The Road Warriors" [249] Spain national basketball team – La ÑBA [250] Turkey national basketball team – Oniki Dev Adam ("12 Giant Men") [251]
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. It supported messaging conferences, questionnaires, doors (through the ...
BBCode ("Bulletin Board Code") is a lightweight markup language used to format messages in many Internet forum software. It was first introduced in 1998. The available "tags" of BBCode are usually indicated by square brackets ([and ]) surrounding a keyword, and are parsed before being translated into HTML.
Bulletin boards can also be made of felt. A bulletin board ( pinboard, pin board, noticeboard, or notice board in British English) is a surface intended for the posting of public messages, for example, to advertise items wanted or for sale, announce events, or provide information. Bulletin boards are often made of a material such as cork to ...
A bulletin board system ( BBS ), also called a computer bulletin board service ( CBBS ), [ 1] was a computer server running software that allowed users to connect to the system using a terminal program. Once logged in, the user could perform functions such as uploading and downloading software and data, reading news and bulletins, and ...
pcmicro. Plover-NET – early hacker BBS, origins of hacker group Legion of Doom. 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.