Noun. A large flat board with a smooth, shiny white surface that you write on with special markers, and wipe clean with a cloth or an eraser.

Noun名詞。A large flat board with a smooth, shiny white surface一塊表面光滑、亮白的大塊平板，that you write on with special markers你可以用專用的白板筆在上面寫字，and wipe clean with a cloth or an eraser再用抹布或板擦把字擦乾淨。

It replaced the blackboard (also called a chalkboard) in most schools and offices because there is no chalk dust. In classrooms in Taiwan and almost everywhere else, this is now the normal board at the front of the room. An interactive whiteboard (or smartboard) is the electronic kind — really a giant touch screen connected to a computer — and it is worth knowing that phrase, because schools use it a lot.

It replaced the blackboard (also called a chalkboard)它取代了黑板（也叫chalkboard），in most schools and offices在大多數學校和辦公室裡，because there is no chalk dust因為它不會有粉筆灰。In classrooms in Taiwan and almost everywhere else在台灣和幾乎其他地方的教室裡，this is now the normal board at the front of the room這現在是教室前面最常見的板子。An interactive whiteboard (or smartboard) is the electronic kindinteractive whiteboard（互動式白板，也叫smartboard）是電子式的白板，really a giant touch screen connected to a computer其實就是連接電腦的巨大觸控螢幕，and it is worth knowing that phrase這個說法值得認識一下，because schools use it a lot因為學校很常用到。

The word has also grown a life outside the classroom. In offices and tech companies, 'the whiteboard' is where thinking happens in front of other people: you draw your idea while everyone watches. From that came a verb — to whiteboard something means to work an idea out on a board with a group ("let's whiteboard this on Monday").

The word has also grown a life outside the classroom這個字也在教室之外發展出了新的用法。In offices and tech companies在辦公室和科技公司裡，'the whiteboard' is where thinking happens in front of other people'the whiteboard'是大家當眾一起思考的地方：you draw your idea while everyone watches你邊畫出想法，大家邊看著。From that came a verb從這裡衍生出一個動詞用法——to whiteboard something means to work an idea out on a board with a groupto whiteboard something意思是跟一群人在板子上一起把想法想清楚，'let's whiteboard this on Monday'像'let's whiteboard this on Monday'（我們星期一在白板上討論這個）。

This is business and tech language, quite informal, and getting more common. In job interviews at software companies, 'a whiteboard interview' means one where you must solve a problem by writing code on a board with no computer.

This is business and tech language這是商業和科技圈的用語，quite informal相當口語非正式，and getting more common而且越來越常見。In job interviews at software companies在軟體公司的面試裡，'a whiteboard interview' means one where you must solve a problem by writing code on a board with no computer'a whiteboard interview'指的是那種你得在沒有電腦的情況下，在板子上寫程式解題的面試。