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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Forum \Fo"rum\, noun; pl. E. {Forums}, L. {Fora}. [L.; akin to foris, foras, out of doors. See {Foreign}.]
1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.
2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and decide causes.
He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the senate than in the forum. --Brougham.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
forum
noun
1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: {assembly}, {meeting place}]
3: a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece [syn: {agora}, {public square}] [also: {fora} (pl)]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "forum": Areopagus, agora, airing, amphitheater, analysis, arena, assemblee, assembly, assignation, at home, athletic field, auditorium, background, ball, bear garden, board, bowl, boxing ring, brawl, bull ring, buzz session, campo, campus, canvas, canvassing, caucus, circus, cockpit, coliseum, colloquium, colosseum, commission, committee, conclave, concourse, conference, congregation, congress, consideration, conventicle, convention, convocation, council, course, curia, dance, date, debate, debating, deliberation, dialectic, dialogue, diet, discussion, discussion group, eisteddfod, examination, exchange of views, festivity, fete, field, floor, forgathering, gathering, get-together, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, hippodrome, housewarming, inquisition, investigation, joint discussion, judicatory, judicature, judiciary, levee, lists, locale, logical analysis, logical discussion, market, market cross, marketplace, mart, mat, meet, meeting, milieu, open discussion, open forum, palaestra, panel, panel discussion, parade ground, party, piazza, pit, place, platform, plaza, plenum, precinct, prize ring, prom, public square, purlieu, quorum, rally, range, rap, rap session, reception, rendezvous, review, rialto, ring, round table, scene, scene of action, scenery, seance, seminar, session, setting, shindig, sit-in, site, sitting, soiree, sphere, square, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, study, symposium, synod, terrain, the Inquisition, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, town meeting, treatment, tribunal, turnout, ventilation, walk, wrestling ring
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
forum n. [Usenet, GEnie, CI$; pl. 'fora' or 'forums'] Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS}, a {mailing list}, or a {newsgroup} (see {the network}). A forum functions much like a bulletin board; users submit {posting}s for all to read and discussion ensues. Contrast real-time chat via {talk mode} or point-to-point personal {email}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
forum (Plural "fora" or "forums") Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in {BBS} (e.g. {GEnie}, {CI$}), a {mailing list}, or a {Usenet} {newsgroup} (see {network, the}). A forum functions much like a {bulletin board}; users submit {postings} for all to read and discussion ensues. Contrast real-time {chat} or point-to-point personal {e-mail}. [{Jargon File}] (1998-01-18)
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