<s>
FUDforum	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
and	O
open-source	B-Application
Internet	B-Application
forum	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
originally	O
produced	O
by	O
Advanced	O
Internet	O
Designs	O
Inc.	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
now	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
user	O
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
"	O
is	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
of	O
Fast	O
Uncompromising	O
Discussion	B-Application
forum	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
comparable	B-Protocol
to	I-Protocol
other	I-Protocol
forum	I-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
FUDforum	B-Protocol
is	O
customizable	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
large	O
feature	O
set	O
relative	O
to	O
other	O
forum	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FUDforum	B-Protocol
runs	O
on	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
that	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
PHP	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
,	O
including	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
HTML5	B-Application
with	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
jQuery	B-Language
and	O
AJAX	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
is	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
and	O
Internet	O
sites	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
software	O
royalty-free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FUDforum	B-Protocol
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Ilia	O
Alshanetsky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
was	O
released	O
in	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
10	O
year	O
anniversary	O
release	O
,	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
3.0.3	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
10	O
September	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FUDforum	B-Protocol
requires	O
the	O
following	O
components	O
to	O
function	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
web	B-Application
server	I-Application
that	O
will	O
run	O
PHP	B-Application
like	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
Web	I-Application
Server	I-Application
or	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Internet	B-Application
Information	I-Application
Services	I-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
PHP	B-Application
versions	O
7.0	O
or	O
higher	O
;	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
database	B-General_Concept
like	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
or	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
special	O
pre-configured	O
versions	O
of	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
are	O
available	O
(	O
does	O
n't	O
require	O
manual	O
installation	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
FUDforum2Go	O
,	O
a	O
small-footprint	O
version	O
of	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
that	O
can	O
run	O
from	O
a	O
USB	O
stick	O
,	O
CD-Rom	O
or	O
from	O
any	O
folder	O
on	O
a	O
PC	O
's	O
hard	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turnkey	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Application
appliance	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
TurnKey	B-General_Concept
Linux	I-General_Concept
Virtual	I-General_Concept
Appliance	I-General_Concept
Library	I-General_Concept
,	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
deployed	O
in	B-Architecture
the	I-Architecture
cloud	I-Architecture
or	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
infrastructure	O
like	O
VMWare	O
,	O
Xen	B-Operating_System
or	O
VirtualBox	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
's	O
features	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
load	O
USENET	B-Application
and	O
E-mail	O
list	O
messages	O
and	O
sync	O
forum	O
replies	O
back	O
to	O
these	O
groups	O
and	O
lists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translated	O
into	O
over	O
50	O
languages	O
on	O
translatewiki.net	B-Language
(	O
including	O
German	O
,	O
French	O
,	O
Dutch	O
,	O
Spanish	O
,	O
Portuguese	O
and	O
several	O
other	O
languages	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Messages	O
can	O
be	O
stored	O
within	O
the	O
database	B-General_Concept
or	O
on	O
filesystem	B-Application
for	O
extra	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
Avatars	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Built-in	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Message	O
and	O
Quick	O
Reply	O
editors	O
that	O
support	O
BBCode	B-Language
,	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
plain	O
text	O
and	O
Smilies	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
plugin	B-Application
system	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
forum	O
's	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
extension	O
and	O
Drupal	B-Application
CMS	I-Application
module	O
is	O
available	O
to	O
provide	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FUDforum	B-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
systems	O
like	O
DokuWiki	B-Protocol
and	O
eGroupWare	B-Protocol
(	O
not	O
with	O
eGroupware	B-Protocol
version	O
1.6	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Custom	O
integration	O
of	O
third	O
party	O
tools	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
via	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
's	O
provided	O
API	B-General_Concept
,	O
called	O
FUDAPI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
conversion	O
scripts	O
are	O
provided	O
to	O
convert	O
other	O
bulletin	O
board	O
and	O
forum	B-Application
software	I-Application
to	O
FUDforum	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
IkonBoard	B-Protocol
;	O
</s>
<s>
Invision	B-Protocol
Board	I-Protocol
;	O
</s>
<s>
Phorum	B-Protocol
;	O
</s>
<s>
phpBB	B-Application
;	O
</s>
<s>
VBulletin	B-Protocol
;	O
</s>
<s>
XMB	B-Device
;	O
</s>
