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Internet forum

A Web site that provides an online exchange of information between people about a particular topic. It provides a venue for questions and answers and may be monitored to keep the content appropriate. Also called a "discussion board" or "discussion group," an Internet forum is similar to an Internet newsgroup (see below), but uses the Web browser for access. Before the Web, text-only forums were common on bulletin boards and proprietary online services. However, Internet forums include all the extras people expect from the Web, including images, videos, downloads and links, sometimes functioning as a mini-portal on the topic.

Forums can be entirely anonymous or require registration with username and password. Messages may be displayed in chronological order of posting or in question-answer order where all related answers are displayed under the question (see message thread).

Forums/Newsgroups Vs. Chat Rooms
Forums are like Usenet "newsgroups," the original Internet discussion groups, and both systems keep postings online for some period of time. Users can scroll back in time and do not have to be logged in the moment they are posted. In contrast, chat rooms are interactive, real-time sessions, and users must be present to read them. See newsgroup and chat room.

Turn a Site into a Forum
There is a variety of forum creation software for the Web, typically written in Java, PHP, Perl or ASP. The software can be used to create forum-only sites or to add a discussion section to any Web page. See Google Groups.

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In a guide for would-be Jihadis posted on Internet fora, a "Mujahid" who calls himself al-Muhajir al-Islami, urges brothers to make the crossing along the Syria-Anbar Province border in western Iraq, according to a translation of the document provided by Evan Kohlman, a New York-based terrorism consultant.

IRAQ - The Foreign Insurgency by APS Diplomat Strategic Balance in the Middle East

Telstra has been pursuing this through direct negotiations with US operators, the FCC, the ITU and various Internet Fora -- a more equitable arrangement which will foster the growth of the Internet and allow it to achieve its full potential.

Telstra Establishes Direct Internet Links Into Asia; Internet ... by Business Wire

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Internet Control Message Protocol

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