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Encyclopedia: Usenet

Usenet (USEr NETwork) is a global, distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. It was conceived by Duke University graduate students Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis in 1979. Users read and post e-mail-like messages (called "articles") to a number of distributed newsgroups, categories that resemble bulletin board systems in most respects. The medium is distributed among a large number of servers, which store and forward messages to one another. Individual users download and post messages to a single server, usually operated by their ISP or university, and the servers exchange the messages between each other. Usenet has been described as system of online collaboration and interaction similar to today's Web 2.0.[1] It has also been pointed out that its decentralized structure makes it more democratic than Web 2.0. [2]

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How to say "Usenet" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	Usenet
	(Japanese)	ネットニュース
	(German)	Usenet
	(Spanish)	Usenet
	(French)	Usenet
	(Italian)	Usenet

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Edward Vielmetti

Edward is the creator of the Usenet newsgroup alt.zines and author of the Usenet text "What is Usenet? A second opinion...

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CfV

A CfV ( Call for Votes ) is part of the usenet decision making system. Usenet users are called to a vote about, for example, if a new newsgroup should be created or not. See also: Request for Comments, Call for papers...

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Racdu

A shorthand for rec.arts.comics.dc.universe, a Usenet group for fans of DC Comics' stories and characters. The two main ways of accessing it and posting to it are through NNTP connections and by means of the Google Usenet Archive...

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Alt.config

alt.config is a newsgroup used to discuss the creation of new groups in the alt hierarchy of usenet...

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Community life cycle

The community life cycle is a cycle in the online community. Usenet, Slashdot and WikiWiki are examples...

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TASS

You may be looking for: ITAR-TASS: Information Telegraph Agency of Russia TASS: the Usenet newsreader. See Open Directory Project...

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Alt.fan.douglas-adams

alt.fan.douglas-adams is a usenet newsgroup dedicated to discussing the writer Douglas Adams. It is notable for several posts made to the group by Adams himself...

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Alt.gothic

alt.gothic is a popular usenet group mainly frequented by goths. It is the canonical net.goth forum, and the birthplace of Convergence...

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Newsserver

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Nn (newsreader)

Nn ("No News is Good News") is a Unix-based newsreader, which is a client software program for accessing Usenet servers...

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