What is a Forum?

A web forum or simply a forum is an online application that acts as a discussion center. This works with the mechanism that people and site users may use to have discussion, talks and chats about a certain topic or the entire web site in general. There are some websites that act as communities for people who share similar interests to join and have a means of communicating with other sharing, information, talking about problems etc, all this is done via a forum. There are different types of forums some can be open to public viewing and accessible by every one while others are restricted to members only and can be viewed and used by people who have joined that group, community and/or web site.