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An SMF installation on a web server is called a forum. SMF itself is called forum software. Each SMF forum can have multiple categories, boards, and child boards.
A forum is an online discussion site where participants can hold conversations by posting messages. SMF is forum software. In SMF, the forum contains [[category|categories]], categories contain [[board]]s, boards contain [[topic]]s, and topics contain a topic post and several reply posts. The terms used to describe how other forum software organizes message topics may be different.
 
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Terminology may differ between forum software. What SMF calls a board, another forum software may call a forum or sub-forum, thus possibly creating some cross-referencing confusion.
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Latest revision as of 21:27, 17 January 2014

A forum is an online discussion site where participants can hold conversations by posting messages. SMF is forum software. In SMF, the forum contains categories, categories contain boards, boards contain topics, and topics contain a topic post and several reply posts. The terms used to describe how other forum software organizes message topics may be different.

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