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USENET Slang

Anybody familiar with Internet slang will understand a great deal of USENET slang. For example, abbreviations and acronyms are oftentimes used to make it easier to type common expressions. LOL, for instance, is used as ubiquitously on the USENET system as it is on the Internet. Likewise, abbreviations such as IRL, which means “in real […]

How to Use USENET FAQs

If you’re familiar with any of the Internet discussion groups, which are usually referred to as forums, you’re familiar with the basic idea of a USENET newsgroup. In fact, the design of Internet forums owes a lot to USENET newsgroups. There are quite a few differences between the two, however. To start with, of course, […]

Web Based Discussion Groups, Forums and USENET

If you’re familiar with any of the Internet discussion groups, which are usually referred to as forums, you’re familiar with the basic idea of a USENET newsgroup. In fact, the design of Internet forums owes a lot to USENET newsgroups. There are quite a few differences between the two, however. To start with, of course, […]

Is a Newsreader Hard to Use?

When you connect to the USENET system, you connect with a news reader. This is a specific piece of software that allows you to hook into what is usually termed the server’s news feed. It provides the means by which you download articles, download attachments and by which you upload both of those items, as […]

How a USENET Newsgroup is Created

The USENET is a decentralized system, which means that there is no central authority that makes rules for it. There is, however, a group of people known as the Big 8 Management Board that controls the creation and deletion of newsgroups on the Big 8 hierarchy and on the Five Alternative hierarchies. There is also […]