Glossary

Deutsch: Board

The term board may refer to the following:

• a long, thin, flat piece of wood, wood byproducts or other rigid material, used for various purposes
• a term for several types of paper-based products (e.g. cardboard, paperboard)
• a reusable writing surface (e.g. chalkboard, whiteboard)
• Bulletin board, a notice board where people can leave public messages
• Sounding board (or tester), a type of structure placed above or behind a speaking platform in order to help project the sound of a speaker
• Currency board, a monetary authority required in order to maintain a fixed eschange rate with a foreign currency
• Room and board, a situation wherein a person is provided with a living space as well as meals on a comprehensive basis in exchange for money, labor or other considerations
• Board examination, a type of examination in various countries for candidates in various professions
• Board of directors (also board of trustees, board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of visitors), a body of elected or appointed members jointly overseeing the activities of an organization or company
• Bureau of Architechture, Research and Design (or BOARD), an architechtural firm based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands
• BOARD International S.A., a Swiss Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management software vendor
• a device for holding a deck of 52 cards separated into 4 hands of 13 cards each in duplicate bridge
• Boards, the walls around an ice hockey rink or bandy field
• Board game, a game that involves pieces or counters placed and moved on a pre-marked surface or board according to a specifically-defined set of rules
• Boardsports, any sport played on land, water or snow using some type of board as the primary equipment
• Sound board (or soundboard), a surface of a stringed instrument that the strings vibrate against, in order to increase the loudness of its sound
• Mixing console (also mixer, audio mixer, mixing desk, audio production console, soundboard), an electronic device for combining, routing and adjustingor modifying audio signals
• Printed circuit board (or PCB), a thin plate made of fiberglass, composite epoxy or other laminate material on which chips and other electronic components are placed
• BOARD, a software toolkit by BOARD International S.A. that provides Business Intelligence and Corporate Management Performance functionality
• Boards, formerly an international trade publication catering to the advertising community
• Mykel Board, an American journalist and musician