Forum : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Forum	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Forum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
forum n a public meeting or assembly for open discussion a public facility to meet for open discussion Synonym(s): forum, assembly, meeting place
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forum \Fo"rum\, n.; pl. E. {Forums}, L. {Fora}. [L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See {Foreign}.] 1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people. 2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes. He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. --Brougham.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
forum n. [Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. `fora' or `forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS}, a {mailing list}, or a {newsgroup} (see {the network}). A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit {posting}s for all to read and discussion ensues. Contrast real-time chat via {talk mode} or point-to-point personal {email}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
forum (Plural "fora" or "forums") Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS} (e.g. {GEnie}, {CI$}), a {mailing list}, or a {Usenet} {newsgroup} (see {network, the}). A forum functions much like a {bulletin board}; users submit {postings} for all to read and discussion ensues. Contrast real-time {chat} or point-to-point personal {e-mail}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-01-18)