Forum
From DaveWiki
A forum (also known as a message board) is an online discussion site.
Forums come in various levels of sophistication, but they often feature things like:
- User profiles and avatars
- Multiple forums, ie themed collections of conversations
- Quoting of previous posts in replies, to aid conversational flow
- Ranking of members, based on their popularity or the number of their contributions
More often than not, forums are things you have to install on your own server.
Examples of forum software:
