bboard
NOUN
electronic messaging system
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It appears that the emoticon was invented by one Scott Fahlman on the CMU bboard systems sometime between early 1981 and mid-1982.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.
