| English |
| newsgroup |
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| Phraseology |
accessing a newsgroup, Internet/Usenet newsgroup, newsgroup message
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| Definition |
A forum on the Internet for threaded discussions on a specified range of subjects. A newsgroup consists of articles and follow-up posts. An article with all of its follow-up posts all of which are (supposed to be) related to the specific subject named in the original article´s subject line constitutes a thread. Each newsgroup has a name that consists of a series of words, separated by periods, indicating the newsgroup´s subject in terms of increasingly narrow categories, such as rec.crafts.textiles.needlework. Some newsgroups can be read and posted to only on one site; others, such as those in the seven Usenet hierarchies or those in ClariNet, circulate throughout the Internet [...] Compare mailing list.
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| Definition source |
Dizionario di informatica Microsoft Press (CD)
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| Context |
In addition, most newsgroups are unmoderated. When an individual user with access to a USENET server posts a message to an...[unmoderated]... newsgroup, the message is automatically forwarded to all adjacent USENET servers....Responses to messages are automatically distributed to all other computers... [Thus] ...the dissemination of messages to USENET servers around the world is...[typically]...an automated process that does not require direct human intervention or review.
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| Context source |
(Jl)feb97
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| Synonym |
discussion forum/group
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| Subject field |
Internet
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| Comprehensive concept |
Internet communication < Internet services
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| Related concept |
Cf. bulletin board, mailing list
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| it |
newsgroup
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| Reliability code |
2
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