forum(в Древнем Риме; any public place in which discussions take place, speeches are made etc. • In modern times the television studio is as much a forum for public opinion as the market-places of ancient Rome used to be)
forum(A medium provided by an online service or BBS for users to carry on written discussions of a particular topic by posting messages and replying to them. On the Internet, the most widespread forums are the newsgroups in Usenet)
