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Newsgroup, Usenet
Newsgroups are public discussion areas, free and open to anyone
with an Internet connection. Usually focused on surprisingly specific
topics (alt.sex.rubberchickens), newsgroups are where the curious,
opinionated, or info-starved go to read and post messages (thoughts,
hopes, dreams, rants, raves, advice, info, and everything else).
It's possible to get at newsgroups through a browser - the latest
Netscape and Microsoft Internet Explorer work fine. Better yet,
use software that is specially designed to manage, sort, and get
the most out of newsgroups (such as NewsWatcher
for the Mac or Free
Agent for Windows).
Related Terms: browser,
netiquette,
mailing list
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