A very old and now nearly obsolete internet discussion system which was one of the precursors to the internet as we know it today, where basic messages were sent from one place to another via a variet [..]

A large unmoderated and unedited bulletin board on the Internet that offers thousands of forums, called newsgroups. These range from newsgroups exchanging information on scientific advances to celebrity fan clubs.

Internet message boards, also known as Newsgroups. Each board has a theme, and there are tens of thousands of usenets concerning every imaginable topic. Many of them cover professional subjects and societies and are rich sources of business information; others are junk and contain little but mindless drivel. Source: Lazworld

  A world-wide system of discussion groups, with comments passed among hundreds of thousands of machines. Not entirely exclusive to the Internet. USENET provides discussion areas, called newsgroups

Copyright by Matisse "USENET" Enzer -->A world-wide system of discussion groups, with comments passed among hundreds of thousands of machines. Not all USENET machines are on the Internet. [..]

the name given to the computer network which carries newsgroups - newsgroups are arranged in heirarchies based loosely on subject matter - the USENET is often confused with the INTERNET in the news me [..]

A world-wide system of discussion groups where users' postings are shared, like a worldwide bulletin board. These sites may contain material and language that is inappropriate for children, since anyone can post on these sites.

 The portion of the internet where thousands

The network of UNIX users, generally perceived as informal and made up of loosely coupled nodes that exchange mail and messages. Started by Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill. An information cooperat [..]

The name of a set of computers and networks used for creating, forwarding, or displaying some computer conferences. [2382-pt.35]

/yoos'net/ or /yooz'net/ [from `Users' Network'] n. A distributed bboard (bulletin board) system supported mainly by UNIX machines. Originally implemented in 1979-1980 by Steve Bel [..]

Refers mostly to the newsgroups, but also to e-mail. Usenet travels on the Internet, but also over modems and satellites.

A communication protocol similar to a bulletin board or an email list without the subscription. (Unit 7> Tips for Using the Internet)

WebGuest Dictionary World-wide decentralized distribution system of newsgroups . Newsgroups (discussion groups would be a more accurate name)cover almost every human proclivity. No one can really count the number of newsgroups because not all Usenet machines are connected to the Internet , however, there are at least 15,000 newsgroups available thr [..]

A term referring to the vast network of news servers running software compliant with NNTP. USENET is arranged in news groups, of which there are tens of thousands, each having any number of recent art [..]

A system of thousands of Newsgroups which are accessible to anyone with a newsreader and a News Service Provider. Some ISP's provide a basic Internet news service - or for a quality service someo [..]

Usenet is an internet discussion system where each post is duplicated on many servers. The equivalent of Internet forums in its day, Usenet functioned like a bulletin board system. Learn more General [..]

A worldwide bulletin board system that can be accessed through the Internet or through many online services. The USENET contains more than 14,000 forums, called newsgroups, that cover every imaginable [..]

a collection of notes on various subjects that are posted to servers on a worldwide network. Each subject collection of posted notes is known as a newsgroup.

A network of newsgroups. There are thousands of newsgroups available through USENET. Each one covers a specific topic or subject area.

A distributed bulletin board system that runs on news servers, UNIX hosts, online services and bulletin board systems. Collectively, USENET is made up of all the users who post to and read newsgroup a [..]

a part of the internet which functions much like a community bulletin board (nntp is "network news transfer protocal"). The entire "usenet" consists of probably a million "new [..]

A search service which is focused on a particular field, a particular type of information, or a particular information format.

Internet Newsgroups which are like community bulletin boards about particular subjects. There are Newsgroups on just about every subject imaginable.

Usenet refers to the collection of newsgroups (sometimes called the Big Eight hierarchies) and a set of agreed-upon rules for distributing and maintaining them. Thousands of newsgroups exist around th [..]

A collection of ongoing discussion groups for people on the Internet who share a mutual interest. They rarely have anything to do with news.

The most popular collection of newsgroups.

A world-wide system of discussion groups, with comments passed among hundreds of thousands of machines. Not all USENET machines are on the Internet. USENET is completely decentralized, with over 10,00 [..]

Newsgroups More than 29,000 topic-oriented message bases that can be read and posted to. Also called newsgroups.

The collection of newsgroups.

A network rather like a distributed bulletin board, consisting of over 20,000 separate forums. Each forum is called a newsgroup, and these are arranged in a hierarchy, e.g. soc.culture.israel and soc. [..]

Ever wish you could chat on a regular basis with people who share your interests? Ever wish you could argue on a regular basis with people who don't? Either way, you'll probably be intereste [..]

A method of broadcasting messages to everyone who is interested in a given narrow topic. There are currently about 4000 topics. Only one copy of the message is sent to each computer supporting people [..]

The network of discussion groups or newsgroups.

a completely decentralized collection of many thousands of Internet newsgroups. Essentially a huge database of a mass of newsgroup messages (including attachments) that is continually on the move betw [..]

Usenet is the collective name for a world-wide collection of newsgroups classified by subject.

A world-wide system of discussion groups, with comments passed among hundreds of thousands of machines. Not all USENET machines are on the internet. USENET is completely decentralized, with over 10,00 [..]

A distributed bulletin board system developed in the early days of the Internet. Newsgroups are sometimes referred to as USENET forums. --V-- Virtual library A virtual library is an organized collection of information sources, including digital documents. It is not a physical place, like your local library, but exists only in computer space.

Newsgroups are electronic bulletin board services that allow users to post content through either attachments or posts on the newsgroup. Larger files are often broken down into 50 or more smaller file attachments, which are then reassembled to create the full file.

a worldwide system of discussion groups with comments passed among hundreds of thousands of machines. Not all USENET machines are on the Internet (maybe half). USENET is completely decentralized, with more than 10,000 discussion areas, called newsgroups. See also: newsgroup

Also known as "news", "newsgroups", or "discussion group." Usenet is a huge collection of newsgroups about every and any topic you can imagine. Once a p [..]

A collection of thousands of topically named newsgroups, the computers which run the protocols and the people who read them and submit Usenet news articles. Not all Internet hosts subscribe to Usenet and not all Usenet hosts are on the Internet. See also: Network News Transfer Protocol

The most available distribution of newsgroups is USENET, which contains over ten thousand unique newsgroups covering practically every human proclivity. It is not part of the Internet, but can be reached through most Internet service providers. USENET was originally implemented in 1979-80 by Steve Bellovin, Jim Ellis, Tom Truscott, and Steve Daniel [..]

Key point: The USENET Death Penalty is often applied to NNTP servers in order to stop the flood of spam. It is often applied to ISPs who allow users to send lots of spam or allow their servers to [..]

  The part of the Internet populated by Newsgroups. The term 'news' is a little misleading since these groups are more in the nature of discussion groups. Usenet is relatively harmless, but access to newsgroups, as opposed to E-mail, is largely unnecessary for organisation users, except possibly for some of the groups dedicated to technic [..]

Usenet is a worlwide system for Internet discussion that consists of a set of newsgroups that are organized by subject. Users post articles or messages to these newsgroups. The articles are then broad [..]

A global news system that contains more than 14,000 forums called newsgroups covering a vast amount of information. USENET can be accessed through the internet and is used by millions of people daily.

A public network made up of thousands of newsgroups and organized by topic.

Usenet () is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose UUCP dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the ide [..]

Usenet () is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose UUCP dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the ide [..]

Usenet () is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose UUCP dial-up network architecture. Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis conceived the ide [..]