Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forum \Fo"rum\, n.; pl. E. {Forums}, L. {Fora}. [L.; akin to
   foris, foras, out of doors. See {Foreign}.]
   1. A market place or public place in Rome, where causes were
      judicially tried, and orations delivered to the people.

   2. A tribunal; a court; an assembly empowered to hear and
      decide causes.

            He [Lord Camden] was . . . more eminent in the
            senate than in the forum.             --Brougham.

Source : WordNet®

forum
     n 1: a public meeting or assembly for open discussion
     2: a public facility to meet for open discussion [syn: {assembly},
         {meeting place}]
     3: a place of assembly for the people in ancient Greece [syn: {agora},
         {public square}]
     [also: {fora} (pl)]

fora
     See {forum}

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

fora
     
        {forum}