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An Internet forum is a facility on the World Wide Web for holding discussions, or the web application software used to provide the facility. Web-based forums, which date from around 1995, perform a similar function as the dial-up bulletin boards and Internet newsgroups that were numerous in the 1980s and 1990s. A sense of virtual community often develops around forums that have regular users. Technology, computer games, and politics are popular areas for forum themes, but there are forums for a huge number of different topics .
Internet forums are also commonly referred to as web forums, message boards, discussion boards, discussion forums, discussion groups, bulletin boards (but see also dial-up bulletin boards), fora (the proper Latin plural) or simply forums.
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Internet forums are prevalent in several developed countries. In terms of countable posts, Japan is far in the lead with over two million posts per day on their largest forum, 2channel. The United States does not have any one large forum, but instead several hundred thousand smaller forums, the largest of which are GameFAQs, Gaia Online, and IGN. Other countries such as China, the Netherlands, and France are also home to hundreds of independent forums. Some countries such as Finland and Sweden do not have many prevalent forums despite having open and easily available Internet access. As of yet no study has been done on the prevalence of forums in countries around the world. It is also dubious as to whether any country has its own fora, as - especially in the English language - contributors to a forum often come from outside the country in which the forum is hosted. There is often not a 1-1 relationship between languages and countries: for example, English language fora are contributed to by people all over the world, whilst Japanese language fora are likely to be contributed to only by Japanese people, but Japanese people also contribute to English language fora, so there is no 1-1 relationship between Japanese language fora and Japanese people contributing to fora. More on [ Internet forum ]
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Ars Mathematica - News and discussions on the mathematical arts.
Javamath-discuss - A general mailing list for discussion about mathematical software development in Java.
JISCmail - Mailing lists in mathematics and statistics for the UK academic community.
Math Forum: Public Discussions - Group topics include general math, education, geometry, software, calculus reform, research and recreations.
Math Help Forum - A discussion forum for students and teachers of mathematics at school, college and advanced levels, including homework help for students.
Meta Description: [ Math Help Forum is a free math forum for maths help and answers to mathematics questions of all levels. ]
Math is Fun Forum - A discussion forum for K-12 math students and teachers, with a focus on learning and teaching math the fun way.
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Mathforge - News and breakthroughs in the mathematical sciences, including software, education and books.
Meta Description: [ Web-based mathematics tools. Message boards,
calculation tools, publishing tools, and more. This site is developed primarily
by the users. It's designed to be a one-stop domain for all things math. ]
Maths is Toothpaste - Mathematics is useless on its own, it only has a function when used with something else (i.e. a toothbrush). An online discussion.
Meta Description: [ Maths is like toothpaste. Useless on its own, it only has a function when used with something else
(i.e. a toothbrush). Let us know whether you AGREE or DISAGREE. Leave your comments. ]
Maths-Education - Email forum for those working in mathematics education to share ideas and experiences, and request information.
Mathstore Electronic Discussions - A list of mailing lists compiled by LTSN.
Talk Math - A discussion forum for students and teachers. Topics discussed include Algebra, College Algebra, Calculus, Trigonometry, Geometry.
The CTK Exchange Forums - Discussions on elementary, middle and high school mathematics and mathematics education.
Meta Description: [ The place to post math questions and answers ]
The Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Discussion Forums - Discussion of mathematical issues with councillors and members of the UK professional body, open to all.
Meta Description: [ A forum for discussion of mathematical issues with IMA councillors and members ]
The Math Forum - Help and discussions about mathematics and philosophy, with problems of the week.
Meta Description: [ A forum dedicated to math help, discussion, and everything else. ]
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Topica: Science/Mathematics - Mathematics-related e-mail lists.
Undernet Math - Topica email list serving the users of the IRC channel #math on the Undernet, for discussion and challenging puzzles.
WebMath - A mailing list for those interested in mathematics on the World Wide Web.
Yahoo Groups : Erdos - A group for proposing problems, sharing ideas, discussing areas of research and reviewing papers and books of interest. [Requires Yahoo! membership]
Meta Description: [ Erdos: Pure Maths Problems, Erdös conjectures ]
Yahoo Groups : maththeorists - Discussions relating to number and mathematics philosophy.
Meta Description: [ maththeorists: This groups focuses on number and math philosophy ]
Yahoo Groups in Mathematics - Mailing lists and discussion groups (including former OneList and eGroups).
Meta Description: [ Directory : Mathematics ]
Yahoo Groups: Math For Fun - Focuses on solving challenging math problems.
Meta Description: [ mathforfun: MATH for FUN - A place to post and work math problems. ]
Yahoo Groups: Theory-edge - Informal discussion of research in algorithmics, mathematics, and their applications.
Meta Description: [ theory-edge: cutting edge in algorithmics/mathematics ]
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