different between imageboard vs whiteboard

English

Alternative forms

• image board

Etymology

image +? board

Noun

imageboard (plural imageboards)

1. A type of messageboard that revolves around the posting of images, with optional associated text, often characterized by the near lack of moderation and by the freedom to discuss any topic.

   Synonym: chan

Usage notes

• While the name only suggests that pictures are attached to posts, the term conjures up the meaning of somewhat of a Wild West place where anything goes.
• The term enjoyed a surge of mainstream popularity when celebrity photos were leaked on the 4chan imageboard in the 2014 celebrity photo hack.

Translations

Further reading

• imageboard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

white +? board, modelled on blackboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wa?tb??d/

Noun

whiteboard (plural whiteboards)

1. A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent markers and subsequently wiped clean.
   • 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine

     Mark Miller gave himself up to Xanadu's pull and rejoined the project full time. The new Xanadu site on Palo Alto's California Avenue was remodeled to resemble the environment at Xerox PARC. The programmers' offices opened onto a large common space, and the walls were covered with white board, which quickly became a tangle of multicolored lines, words, circles, and squiggles.
2. (by extension, computing) A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display.

Derived terms

• whiteboard marker

Translations

See also

• blackboard
• chalkboard
• imageboard

Descendants

• ? German: Whiteboard
• ? Swedish: whiteboard

References

• “whiteboard”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Dutch

Etymology

From English whiteboard.

Noun

whiteboard n (plural whiteboards, diminutive whiteboardje n)

1. whiteboard

   Synonym: witbord

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English whiteboard.

Noun

whiteboard n

1. whiteboard

Declension

Derived terms

• whiteboardpenna (“whiteboard marker”)

Synonyms

• whiteboardtavla (“whiteboard board”)

Coordinate terms

• griffeltavla (“slate”)
• svart tavla (“blackboard”)