Today, Internet forums occupy much of the same social and technological space as BBSes did, and the term BBS is often used to refer to any online forum or message board.

Pay BBSes such as The WELL and Echo NYC ( now Internet forums rather than dial-up ), ExecPC, PsudNetwork and MindVox ( which folded in 1996 ) were admired for their tight-knit communities and quality discussion forums.

* Wordfilter, generic name for scripts typically used on Internet forums or chat rooms that automatically scans users ' posts or comments as they are submitted and automatically changes or censors particular words or phrases

** Wordfilter, a script typically used on Internet forums or chat rooms that automatically scans users ' posts or comments as they are submitted and automatically changes or censors particular words or phrases

For example, there is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever debate was in progress.

Since the mid-1990s the Internet has had a drastic impact on culture and commerce, including the rise of near-instant communication by electronic mail, instant messaging, Voice over Internet Protocol ( VoIP ) " phone calls ", two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social networking, and online shopping sites.

Most of these sites contain Internet forums and news briefs that emphasize a particular viewpoint.

Many Internet forums had topics about it, and it was a front page story on Slashdot.

* Internet forums

A potential collector may wish to chat with collectors with similar interests in specialized forums via the Internet.

The Internet offers many resources to any collector: personal sites presenting one's collection, online collectible catalogs, dealer / shops websites displaying their merchandise, Internet trading platforms, collector clubs, autograph club, collector forums and collector mailing lists.

There was a movement on the Internet, particularly in home theater forums, against DIVX.

Category: Internet forums

Category: Internet forums

Even in videotex networks where third-party companies could post their own content and operate special services like forums, a single company usually owned and operated the underlying communications network, developed and deployed the necessary hardware and software, and billed both content providers and users for access. The exception was the transaction processing videotex system developed in the UK by Michael Aldrich in 1979, which brought teleshopping ( or online shopping as it was later called ) into prominence and was the idea developed later through the Internet.

In Internet English shorthand and on forums and blogs, the transcription " pbbbt " has come to be used to mean blowing a raspberry.

Category: Internet forums

Although the government does not have the physical resources to monitor all Internet chat rooms and forums, the threat of being shut down has caused Internet content providers to employ internal staff, colloquially known as " big mamas ", who stop and remove forum comments which may be politically sensitive.

The Internet has enabled many cosplayers to create social networks and websites centred around cosplay activities, while forums allow them to share stories, photographs, news and tips.

A meta-moderation system is an arrangement used on some Internet websites ( such as Internet forums, blogs and news websites ) which invite user comments.

The use of 8-bit codes for digital telephony also caused 8-bit data octets to be adopted as the basic data unit of the early Internet.

It was also the first BBS to produce audio for its visitors, broadcasting news about screen printing and music in a pre-recorded method in what was the precursor to Internet Radio.

Internet use is also low in the country, with only 40 users per 10, 000 inhabitants in 2004, and just over 53, 000 users total, according to the International Telecommunication Union.

Be Inc. also released a stripped-down version of BeOS for Internet Appliances ( BeIA ), which soon became the company's business focus in place of BeOS.

Cyberpunk stories have also been seen as fictional forecasts of the evolution of the Internet.

Webcomics, also known as online comics and internet comics, are comics that are available to read on the Internet.

Some writers, such as James-Charles Noonan, hold that, in the case of cardinals, the form used for signatures should be used also when referring to them, even in English ; and this is the usual but not the only way of referring to cardinals in Latin .< ref > An Internet search will uncover some hundreds of examples of " Cardinalis Ioannes < surname >", examples modern and centuries-old ( such as this from 1620 ), and the phrase " dominus cardinalis Petrus Caputius " is found in a document of 1250.

Companies that make products that selectively block Web sites do not refer to these products as censorware, and prefer terms such as " Internet filter " or " URL Filter "; in the specialized case of software specifically designed to allow parents to monitor and restrict the access of their children, " parental control software " is also used.

Internet filters, parental control software, and / or accountability software may also be combined into one product.

It is, however, also advertised on occasion to facilitate self-censorship by people struggling with Internet addiction.

The Australian Internet Safety Advisory Body has information about " practical advice on Internet safety, parental control and filters for the protection of children, students and families " that also includes public libraries.

The filter might also provide a false sense of security for parents, who might supervise children less while using the Internet, achieving the exact opposite effect.

An encrypted VPN can also be used as means of bypassing content control software, especially if the content control software is installed on an Internet gateway or firewall.

* How to Bypass Internet Censorship, also known by the titles: Bypassing Internet Censorship or Circumvention Tools, a FLOSS Manual, 10 March 2011, 240 pp. Translations have been published in Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Vietnamese, Burmese, and Spanish.

There is also a fourth option, which involves using one of the file hosting services that backs up files over the Internet for both business and individuals.

FM radio programming, high-speed Internet, telephone service, and similar non-television services may also be provided through these cables.

He was also creating new cartoons for the Internet based on his new character, Thomas Timberwolf.

In Microsoft Office 2007 and later versions, Internet Explorer 7 and later versions and Windows Live Messenger, ClearType is also turned on by default, even if it is not enabled throughout the operating system.

ARC also published a large percentage of the early Request For Comments, an ongoing series of publications that document the evolution of ARPANET into the Internet.

The Irish Stock Exchange ( ISEQ ), Internet Neutral Exchange ( INEX ) and Irish Enterprise Exchange ( IEX ) are also located in Dublin.

As well as using the Internet for spreading the Deist message, the WUD is also conducting a direct mail campaign.

Digital video is also used for Internet distribution of media, including streaming video and peer-to-peer movie distribution.

The dot-com bubble ( also referred to as the Internet bubble and the Information Technology Bubble ) was a historic speculative bubble covering roughly 1995 – 2000 ( with a climax on March 10, 2000, with the NASDAQ peaking at 5132. 52 in intraday trading before closing at 5048. 62 ) during which stock markets in industrialized nations saw their equity value rise rapidly from growth in the Internet sector and related fields.