blackboard
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blackboard
a hard or rigid surface made of a smooth usually dark substance, used for writing or drawing on with chalk, esp in teaching
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blackboard
[′blak‚bȯrd] (materials)
A panel, usually black but sometimes colored, for writing on with chalk. Also known as chalkboard.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
blackboard
(1) See Blackboard Learning System.(2) The traditional classroom presentation board that is written on with chalk and erased with a felt pad. Although originally black, "white" boards and colored chalks are also used. Collaborative blackboards on the computer are called "whiteboards," because screen backgrounds are typically white (see whiteboard).
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