A phenomenon of the PC ANSI/ASCII scene from the second half of the 1990s onwards. Such BBSs were usually affiliated with artgroups and took pride in having an elaborate ANSI design.

A BBS that was not accessible for the majority of scene members. Access was a privilege for the "elites" of a particular sub-scene. Often (but not always!), such BBSs carried pirated software, they were protected by a NUP (new user password), their numbers were not advertised, and their ads carried slogans along the lines of "No Lamers!" or "Elite Only".

This BBS carried PC releases and/or was part of the PC scene. Please note that it does not automatically mean that the BBS ran on a PC.

A BBS that was connected to the demoscene in a more intense way than just offering demos for download. Such BBSs were affiliated with several demoscene groups, had active demosceners as sysops, or were generally know as demoscene communication hubs.

PCBoard is a BBS software for MS-DOS, released in 1983 by Clark Development Company and developed until 1997.