newsgroup
:newsgroup: n. [Usenet] One of Usenet
s huge collection of topic groups
or fora
Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post) or
`moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who
edits or filters and then posts the results). Some newsgroups have
parallel mailing list
for Internet people with no netnews access,
with postings to the group automatically propagated to the list and vice
versa. Some moderated groups (especially those which are actually
gatewayed Internet mailing lists) are distributed as `digests', with
groups of postings periodically collected into a single large posting
with an index.
Among the best-known are comp.lang.c (the C-language forum), comp.arch
(on computer architectures), comp.unix.wizards (for Unix wizards),
rec.arts.sf.written and siblings (for science-fiction fans), and
talk.politics.misc (miscellaneous political discussions and flamage
.
Jargon File Version 4.3.1, 29 JUN 2001 =
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