核心畫面

Picture one flat surface in a spot everybody walks past, with paper pinned all over it. Nothing there is addressed to one person: whatever goes up is for whoever looks. Anyone can add to it, and it stays up until someone takes it down. Move that same surface into a computer and almost nothing changes — you still go to it, read what other people left, and put your own message up for the group.

可以想成一塊平平的板子,掛在大家都會經過的地方,上面釘滿了紙。板子上的東西不是寫給某一個人的,是誰看到就給誰看。任何更多收起可以想成一塊平平的板子,掛在大家都會經過的地方,上面釘滿了紙。板子上的東西不是寫給某一個人的,是誰看到就給誰看。任何人都可以往上面加東西,貼上去就一直在,直到有人拿下來。把這塊板子搬進電腦裡,幾乎什麼都沒變:你還是去看別人留了什麼,再把自己的訊息貼上去給大家看。

From the word’s history

The name is simply bulletin plus board: a short public notice, and the flat thing you fasten it to. Both meanings still do exactly that.

這個名字就是 bulletin(公告)加上 board(板子):一則給大家看的短通知,和一塊把它固定住的平板。兩個意思到今天都還是在做這件事。

Packet Wiktionary entry kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1098657620, etymology_text: From bulletin + board.

Two branches

牆上的那塊板

這是原本的實物:釘在牆上、給經過的人看的公告板。

noun · B1

A board on a wall where people pin up notices, messages and pictures so that everyone who passes can read them.

佈告欄

搬進電腦裡的板

板子換成了螢幕,但「貼上去給大家看」這個動作一模一樣,連介系詞 on 都沒換。

noun · B2

A place in a computer system where people can read messages other people have left and leave messages of their own.

電子佈告欄;留言板