FlagshipTech
05-04-2008, 03:32 PM
Forum - Think of a forum as a category where messages on a particular subject are posted. The individual forums we host are listed on the main forum page, along with a discussion of their purpose.
Post or Posting or Message - These are all terms for the same thing. When you create a new message or reply to someone else's message, you are "posting" a message.
Thread or Message Thread or Topic - When you start a new discussion topic in a forum (when you ask a question on a new subject), you are creating a message thread. If others reply to your post, and you reply back to them, other people post comments, and so on, what began as one question becomes a collection of related message posts. Altogether, this collection is referred to as a "thread" or "message thread".
Reply - As the name implies, this is what you're doing when you post a message in reply to someone else's message.
Administrator - Any person (often several people may have this title) who control the operation of the forum and forum software. Administrators are also moderators (described next).
Moderator - A person with partial administrative privileges, usually responsible for helping to monitor discussions in a particular forum(s), answering questions asked about forum usage, etc., or providing replies to messages asked in their particular area of expertise.
...you'll find working definitions of other terms in the forum FAQ, available by clicking the FAQ link toward the top of this page.
Post or Posting or Message - These are all terms for the same thing. When you create a new message or reply to someone else's message, you are "posting" a message.
Thread or Message Thread or Topic - When you start a new discussion topic in a forum (when you ask a question on a new subject), you are creating a message thread. If others reply to your post, and you reply back to them, other people post comments, and so on, what began as one question becomes a collection of related message posts. Altogether, this collection is referred to as a "thread" or "message thread".
Reply - As the name implies, this is what you're doing when you post a message in reply to someone else's message.
Administrator - Any person (often several people may have this title) who control the operation of the forum and forum software. Administrators are also moderators (described next).
Moderator - A person with partial administrative privileges, usually responsible for helping to monitor discussions in a particular forum(s), answering questions asked about forum usage, etc., or providing replies to messages asked in their particular area of expertise.
...you'll find working definitions of other terms in the forum FAQ, available by clicking the FAQ link toward the top of this page.