blackboard

n.
A smooth, hard, dark-colored panel for writing on with chalk.

A widely used education system from Blackboard Inc., Washington, D.C. www.blackboard.com). Part of the company's Blackboard Academic Suite, it includes course management, content authoring, collaborative discussions, virtual classrooms, as well as testing and grading.

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IN BRIEF: n. - Sheet of slate.

Whenever the teacher was out of the room, the students loved to write on the blackboard.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - tavle

Nederlands (Dutch)
schoolbord

Français (French)
n. - tableau noir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wandtafel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαυρο)πίνακας

Italiano (Italian)
lavagna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - quadro-negro (m)

Русский (Russian)
классная доска

Español (Spanish)
n. - pizarra, encerado, pizarrón

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - svart tavla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
黑板

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 黑板

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 칠판 , 흑판

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 黒板

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سبورة, لوحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לוח כיתה‬

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