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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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GIF, Animated GIF
GUI (Graphical User Interface)
Hacker, Cracker
Homepage
Html (Hypertext Markup Language)
Hyperlink, Hypertext
Icon
Interface
Internet, Intranet
ISP (Internet Service Provider)
Java
JavaScript
JPEG
Mailing List, Listserv
Mailto
Modem
Mouse
Netiquette
Newsgroup, Usenet
Plug-in

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