An electronic forum where readers post articles and follow-up messages on specified topics. Often targeted by spammers seeking to harvest email addresses.

Newsgroups are discussion groups. They are used for discussions amongst people with similar interests.

A newsgroup is a discussion forum. There are many newsgroups, for many subjects. Newsreading programs include mozilla, trn and pine.

A form of bulletin board which was developed for the Internet. Readers "post" messages for others to view; messages which are stored on an extremely large, decentralized, and rather inefficient network of news servers.

A place to ask questions on a particular subject. Hopefully people will answer your question. The powerpoint newsgroup is at: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.powerpoint Just copy and paste the whole line into your Internet browser and your newsreader will find the newsgroup. If you prefer to view the same newsgroup via a web page, then point your browser at: http://communities.microsoft.com/Newsgroups

An area on the Internet reserved for discussion of a certain, single topic. Messages are "posted" in the Newsgroup and "replies" are encouraged. Broken into many different subjects (approx. 25,000) newsgroup titles usually begin with a three or four letter prefix followed by a "." For example alt., soc., comp., misc., rec., and sci. just to name a few.

On the Internet, one of over 16,000 discussion forums collectively known as Usenet.

A virtual area or chat room on the Internet for the discussion of a specific topic. There is usually a moderator that can screen out any non-related or improper messages.

Newsgroups are public discussion forums on the internet that focus on narrowly defined subjects. They are the successor of the Usenet.

A public place where messages are posted for public consumption and response. The most available distribution of newsgroups is USENET which contains over ten thousand unique newsgroups covering practically every human proclivity. The names of newsgroups are comprised of a string of words separated by periods, such as "rec.humor.funny" or "misc.jobs.offered". The first word (i.e. "rec" or "misc") represents the top level category of newsgroups. The second word (in these examples "humor" and "jobs") represents a subcategory of the first level, and the third word a subcategory of the second.

A newsgroup is an Internet-based discussion about a particular topic. These ...

A series of articles (postings) concerning specific themes. Usenet groups can be un-moderated (anyone can post) or 'moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who edits or filters and then posts the results).

A newsgroup provides a hierarchical organization for Internet news messages. During the '80s, there were seven major USENET newsgroup hierarchies: comp (computers), misc (miscellaneous), news, rec (recreational), sci (science), soc (social), and tal k. Adding a new newsgroup required some time and discussion, so a new hierarchy, alt (alternative) emerged as a way to start a group immediately without any discussion. Many more hierarchies, particularly geographically-based hierarchies, have been created over the last few years. Anyone can read a message on a newsgroup. Newsgoups can be configured to exist on a local network only.

A forum or conference area where you can post messages on a specified topic. Many newsgroups covering a wide range of topics exist on the Internet.

A virtual forum focusing on a specific subject. The collected email entries (known as news articles) can be perused by all Internet users. On this campus, many newsgroups allow people to discuss academic and recreational interests.

A discussion forum in which all participants can read all messages and public replies between the participants.

Internet-based electronic discussion groups.

Also known as a discussion list. A group engaged in online communication around a particular shared theme or interest. Typically carried on through email, this form of online communication is one of the oldest forms of CMC. Although they are increasingly being replaced by WWW-based online conferences, newsgroups remain popular. An extensive listing of newsgroups and discussion lists from around the world can be found at: http://tile.net

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A discussion group on Usenet devoted to talking about a specific topic. Currently, about 5,000 newsgroups exist.

An electronic discussion group or bulletin board that is devoted to discussion of a specific topic. A newsgroup consists of postings, which are messages that have been addressed to the newsgroup rather than a specific individual. Newsgroup postings are uncensored. As a result, some very explicit and candid discussions occur, ranging from political arguments, to religious opinions, to very explicit stories. Unlike mailing lists, which send postings directly to subscribers' mailboxes, newsgroup postings are available on Usenet computers and must be accessed by the user. Usenet is the world-wide conferencing system, encompassing thousands of newsgroups.

A group of postings related to the same topic.

Internet News is not actual "headline" news stories, but discussion groups based on a topic. Messages with a common theme (usually responses to a previous message) are called a discussion thread. You will need a news client (or news reader) like Microsoft Internet News or Netscape Navigator to access News. There are many shareware news readers available.

A single bulletin board in the Usenet system. Users can leave (or "post") messages which remain in the system so that other people can read them and respond at their leisure. See also: Usenet

These are discussion groups, each of which deals with a different subject.

An Internet-based discussion forum in which people leave messages and can share ideas.

An electronic bulletin board open to everybody and divided into tens of thousands of subjects. Not all newsgroups permit advertising.

Like a listserv it is a type of discussion group, but it is run on USENET rather than from a personal e-mail account.

Online discussion groups about a particular topic.

a USENET discussion about a particular topic. Choose from one of over ten thousand. Want fries with that

An Internet discussion group that is accessible to anyone and that allows people to post messages about a specific topic.

A discussion group on the Internet devoted to talking about a specific topic. It might be a group devoted to discussing your favourite rock band, world politics, hobbies or sports. Just about any topic under the sun that people like to talk about is in a newsgroup. There are currently over 5,000 newsgroups.

A virtual area on the Internet reserved for the discussion of a particular topic.

A particular group within the Usenet. There are more than 78,000 newsgroups at the time of writing. Each newsgroup is named according to a hierarchical convention. General categories like"rec", "comp", or "misc" identify the general subjectof the newsgroup. Additional terms are added eventually uniquely defining the newsgroup within a collection of others. Examples: comp.lang.perl.misc, rec.pets.cats, misc.kids.pregnancy. NNTP"Network News Transport Protocol" - the name of a protocol that controls the request and exchange of Usenet messages.

an interactive computer discussion group on any of a very wide range of topics.

A forum which allows users to exchange messages relating to a particular topic or theme. Unlike LISTSERV postings, newsgroup messages are not delivered to a subscriber's e-mail address, but must be retrieved by using a news reader.

Usenet newsgroups are Internet discussion groups whose topics are about as diverse as you can imagine. If you have an original idea for a newsgroup, and gather some people who want to subscribe, you can probably begin a newsgroup.

A discussion group on Usenet devoted to talking about a specific topic. Currently, there are over 15,000 newsgroups.

A discussion forum found on USENET.

A facility for interest groups to communicate.

Also Usenet Newsgroups - one of the oldest forms of mass-communication on the 'net, other than email. There are over 80,000 usenet newsgroups in existence today covering just about every topic you can think of. Most ISPs will provide a Usenet feed with their accounts. There are also commercial usenet newsgroups providers, such as Giganews, which will, for a fee, provide a much higher level of usenet service.

The division of the Usenet component of the Internet into discussion topics. Used to share opinions on specific topics of interest, participants 'post' queries and replies to newsgroups, much like leaving messages on a bulletin board. Newsgroups can be 'unmoderated' (anyone can post) or 'moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who edits or filters and then posts the results).

This is an online discussion area in which participants post messages, gathered in “threads,” using software called a newsreader. Usenet is a globally replicated system of 20,000 newsgroups that any Internet user can join. But some ISPs can also help you set up private newsgroups that are not connected to Usenet.

A discussion group on the Internet. It is an on-going collection of messages about a particular subject.

An area where people can discuss common topics by leaving postings, as on a bulletin board, that others can read when they log on. "Newsgroups" generally refer to discussions on USENET, which most people access via the Internet.

A type of online discussion group. Newsgroups work much like mailing lists, except that they are usually read with special news reader software

An area on the Internet reserved for discussion of a certain topic. A newsgroup may be controlled, or moderated, by an individual who monitors all messages transmitted to the area and filters our irrelevant and redundant messages.

A forum to discuss subjects on the internet by leaving messages for others to read.

a collection of Usenet articles arranged by topic

or Usenet news Newsgroups are forums for discussion or debate on a wide variety of topics via email.

A forum, an on-line discussion group, on the Internet. There are actually thousands of newsgroups covering every conceivable interest. Provide an ideal opportunity for engaging stakeholders in conversation. See also reputation management.

A broad grouping of online discussion groups. Most newsgroups are distributed through USENET.

A discussion group usually found on USENET news. There are thousands of newsgroups available on the Internet. Each group devotes its discussions to a specific topic.

Discussion group, similar to a message board, that is subject-specific.

Areas of the Internet dedicated to devotees of a particular subject. There are thousands of newsgroups covering every conceivable interest. To view and post messages to a newsgroup, you need a newsreader, a program that connects you to a news server on the Internet. It's a good idea to set up a separate e-mail address for posting on newsgroups as unscrupulous companies often collect users' e-mail addresses from newsgroups for mass e-mailing (aka spamming).

A group that communicates with each other about shared interests via the Internet. These groups' messages are referred to as posts and are administered from a news server. .

An online discussion hosted on the Usenet network. Sometimes also called a forum.

An electronic discussion group. The Internet hosts thousands of newsgroups on specific topics. Sometimes referred to as Usenet groups.

A meeting place on the Internet called Usenet where certain topics can bediscussed by reading and sending messages and responses to them.

A collection of forums which gather Email from Internet users about a specific subject. The collected Email entries (known as news articles) can then be viewed by all Internet users. Some are simply for recreational discussions, while others may allow people to form self-supporting user groups.

A topical area in Usenet Newsgroups.

Newsgroups are essentially a series of worldwide bulletin boards, organized more or less stringently around a topic.

occasionally used in the UK as a synonym for discussion group, generally describes news services which subscribers receive by email (but do not contribute to).

A collection of articles related to a specific topic. There are several thousand newsgroups available on the Internet with topics ranging from serious computer subjects to fluff about your favorite movie star. The newsgroups are the subject of the current censorship issue, because a small fraction of the newsgroups contain offensive or sexually explicit material.

similar to Mailing Lists, but with discussions conducted on-line using either a web page or specialised news reading software. Much more public than Mailing Lists.

See bulletin board.

Sometimes called a forum discussion grgoup or bulletin board system; users leave messages for others to read.

A area on the internet or a computer network devoted to discussion of a particular topic.

Any one of Usenet's 40,000+ electronic discussion groups.

Similar to a bulletin-board service (but not as localized), a newsgroup is a public posting area for information and messages related to a particular topic. Most newsgroups are located on the USENET network. Newsgroups have their own naming hierarchy (separate from the Internet Domain Name System). You need an account on a newsgroup server and a news reader application to read or subscribe to newsgroups.

a section of the Usenet sytem relating to a particular subject of the internet on which individuals posts comments or exchange views.

Similar to mailing lists, newsgroups are message areas defined by a particular subject matter.

electronic discussion group, online forum.

is a collection of locations where people post messages for everyone in the world to read. Newsgroups are arranged in hierarchies based loosely on subject matter.

Open forums where people post information that can be read by all who participate. There are thousands of newsgroups covering many diverse topics, including computers, politics, psychology, cooking, sports, humor, and lifestyles.

A newsgroup is the same as a forum and is a place where users can post articles about a specific subject and have discussions about it.

Bulletin board-like forums for discussing topics of interest on the Internet.

a running collection of messages on a particular topic that are passed between a group of people or organisations.

A newsgroup is a discussion forum which is conducted by e-mail, rather than face-to-face. Messages are sent to a bulletin board where you can access them.

see ‘discussion groups’.

An Internet discussion group that focuses on a particular category of interest.

An online discussion about a specific topic using a worldwide network of news discussion groups called Usenet.

Newsgroups, also called bulletin boards, are free forums for discussion on a selected topic. There are hundreds of thousands of newsgroups available through the Internet. They are similar to live chat forums, except they do not take place in real time. You post a question or comment, and wait for a response. Some newsgroups are moderated. This means your posting first goes to someone who acts as an editor with the authority to put your message through to the group or to block it, depending on the content.

A topical discussion group within Usenet. Individuals submit messages to a newsgroup and read posted messages that interest them.

A Usenet News discussion forum.

A discussion group that uses the internet but is independent of the worldwide web. Newsreader software is used to access newsgroups. Some websites allow people to read and post messages to newsgroups, but are only providing a gateway to the newsgroups: they don't own them and the newsgroups can still be reached without going through that website.

Public discussion group in Usenet. The news groups are divided into general subjects, that can be identified on the basis of the first part of the name of the news group, for example, biz, rec, soc, and alt.

Groups or forum on the Usenet in which users can share information, ideas, tips and opinions on a particular subject.

An individual newsgroup within a Usenet group.

Newsgroups and discussion forums are themed discussions and news postings between interested people all over the world.

A topic or interest group on UseNet.

A Bulletin Board system devoted to a particular subject.

There are thousands of these on the Internet: discussion groups devoted to specific topics. Sort of like an email forum. Also called Usenet.

A newsgroup is a kind of discussion group devoted to a specific topic. There are thousands of newsgroups on the Internet, covering everything from aardvarks to zoology. To use a newsgroup you need a program called a newsreader - although Outlook Express has one built in.

A place to discuss certain subjects by leaving messages for others to read.

(Or discussion group) -- n. A collection of topic groups or forums. Discussion 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 discussion groups have parallel mailing lists for Internet people with no discussion group access, with messages to the forum automatically propagated to the list and vice versa. Mailing lists do not currently exist for Bentley discussion groups. It is something that is being considered for the future.

A USENET discussion group (see below).

A topical discussion area within Usenet News.

A collection of messages posted as part of ongoing public discussions about particular interests

Similar to email-based mailing lists and discussion groups except they exist in their own part of the Internet (called UseNet) and are accessed through a special server at your Internet service provider (ISP). See Module 4.

A discussion group on Usenet - most ISPs provide a newsgroup feed to upwards of 30,000 newsgroups on every conceivable topic

An area for discussion via email on varying topics.

A discussion based group on the Internet.

A public discussion group on the Internet where you can read and post messages on a specific topic.

A distributed bulletin board system about a particular topic. Usenet News (also know as Netnews) is a system that distributes thousands of newsgroups to all parts of the Internet.

Newsgroups are on-line discussion groups. There are literally thousands of newsgroups covering every conceivable interest on the Internet. To view and post messages to a newsgroup, you need a news reader, a program that runs on your computer and connects you to a news server on the Internet.

A newsgroup is a place on the internet where people can go to share ideas, information and recommendations.

The "message boards" to which messages are posted on USENET. See also USENET.

A USENET newsgroup is a place on the Internet where people can have conversations about a well-defined topic. Physically it is made of the computer files that contain the conversation elements to the discussions currently in progress about the agreed-upon topic.

An interactive discussion group focused on a particular topic. People post messages and others respond. Also called message boards, discussion lists, discussion forums, and others.

A newsgroup is a form of electronic bulletin board. usenet newsgroups are grouped into hierarchies that indicate the general topic of the group. For example, the groups that begin with "comp." are concerned with computing issues and the groups beginning with "sci." are concerned with the sciences.

Discussion group among people who share a mutual interest. Often, several conversations, or "threads," can be found in one newsgroup on different, but related topics.

A group of messages about a single topic. On the Internet, newsgroups bring together people around the world for discussion of shared interests.

Perhaps you've already discovered the wild and woolly world of Usenet, which has tens of thousands of lively discussions — called newsgroups — on every topic you can imagine. Several conversations, called "threads," are usually going on at once in any group; participants take these discussions seriously and often respond to anything they see written ("posted") to the group. Be advised that you should participate in newsgroups only after reading through a few threads to get a sense of the conversations and the people that frequent the group. Usenet is easily reachable through the Net and through your Web browser.[See Also: NNTP, Usenet

A Usenet discussion group that is related to one topic. Net users can subscribe to many different newsgroups. Major newsgroup categories include

A forum that people can use to discuss topics related to the title of the newsgroup.

An electronic forum on a particular topic, to which anyone can "eavesdrop" or join in if they feel bold enough. There are literally thousands of different newsgroups on the Internet, some with a fairly wide brief, others remarkably obscure.

A specific category of articles/postings in News software. The general group name is on the left of the dot, with more specific groupings represented on the right. Usenet general category examples are comp. (computers), misc. (miscellaneous), and alt. (alternate). If a group were about ACME printers, for example, the newsgroup might be: comp.printers.acme .

Subject specific forums on every topic imaginable. Messages are posted to the newsgroup and people respond. You subscribe to newsgroups, like listservs, but instead of the messages going directly into your email, you go to the newsgroup, using some sort of newsgroup reader software. Usenet news is like an international bulletin board, with messages temporarily stored on different computer systems. It is very popular and heavily-used. It can be searched using Google Groups.

a discussion group operated through the internet and which deals with a particular topic. The discussion is done through electronic messages called "postings" that anyone with a newsreader (standard with most browsers) can post or read.

An on-line discussion group (a section on a news server) dedicated to a particular subject of interest. [Go to source

A discussion group found on USENET. See Also: USENET

A discussion group operated through the Internet. Not to be confused with LISTSERVERS which operate through e-mail.

Discussion group (on USENET) among people who share a mutual interest. In one particular newsgroup you can find several conversations ("threads") on different (to the newsgroup related) topics. There are thousands and thousands of newsgroups, covering almost every possible subject.

A Newsgroup is an online discussion group.

An online conference center in which users can read, post and reply to messages, cultivating discussions over time. Despite their name, newsgroups rarely contain news bulletins. Most newsgroups are part of the USENET newsgroup system (see USENET).

A virtual Internet place where people exchange thoughts, ideas and interests, amuse themselves and do a zillion other things, all by means of text messages.

an electronic bulletin board devoted to talking about a specific topic and open to everybody. Only a handful of newsgroups permit the posting of advertising.

An online topical discussion group, similar to an electronic bulletin board, where people post information for all to read.

An electronic, community bulletin board that enables Internet users all over the world to post and read messages that are public to other users of the group.

A message area. Part of USENET, superficially similar to a Mailing List.

A hierarchical subject category into which InterNetNews articles are organized.

A USENET newsgroup is a discussion forum where participants read and post comments on an agreed topic.

Discussion group on the Internet that focus on a single topic

Any of the Usenet discussion forums.

A Usenet conference.

The name for a USENET discussion group. Click here for an example of a discussion group on the AALBC's site.

A discussion group, usually on USENET. There are thousands of newsgroups, each dealing with a certain topic.

A form on Usenet, where people can post messages back and forth to each other. Newsgroup posts consists solely of people disagreeing with each other, arguing about what is appropriate for discussion in that particular forum, or hardcore pornography which is no less than five years old.

Newsgroups are ongoing discussion groups among people on the Internet who share common interests.

An electronic posting area which centers around a specified topic of discussion. Also known simply as "group".

a forum, or an online discussion group on the Internet, covering a specific interest. There are literally thousands of newsgroups on the Internet that allow users to view and post messages.

a bulletin board system on the Internet thatÌs organized by topic.

A topical discussion group managed by Usenet software programs and sent to many thousands of computers, including most on the Internet. Users read and post articles (messages) in a newsgroup.

(also group) An Internet discussion forum, such as rec.pets.cats or alt.internet.services. All together, the thousands of newsgroups form a global bulletin board where people talk about every topic imaginable. Newsgroups are where you post articles. Use AOL NetFind Newsgroup Finder to find the newsgroups that match your interests.

Informal discussion groups on the Usenet network. May be read using a mach1 account. Search Engines for Newsgroups

A discussion group or bulletin board on the Internet, usually devoted to a specific topic.

A internet feature which act as a bulletin board

Think of newsgroups as worldwide bulletin boards, organized more or less stringently around a topic. Some are technical, others silly--and some you don't even want to know about.

Discussion group where people talks about a specific topic. Anyone can send messages to a group. Messages are stored on a dedicated NNTP server. You have not to subscribe to a newsgroup in order to receive or send messages. See also: Usenet.

An electronic forum where readers post articles and follow-up messages on a specified topic. An Internet newsgroup allows people from around the globe discuss common interests. Each newsgroup name indicates the newsgroup's subject in terms of increasingly narrow categories, such as alt.comp.virus.

Online bulletin boards where users with common interests post and read messages or exchange computer files on specific topics.

A bulletin board service provided on a computer network like the Internet, where messages can be sent by e-mail and be viewed by those who have an interest in the contents of a particular newsgroup. See also: E-mail, Internet.

A Usenet discussion group that talks about a specific topic

A discussion group operated through the Internet. Newsgroups (also known as Usenet) are accessed and viewed on the web. Outlook Express (distributed by Microsoft as part of IE) supports newsgroup viewing. Newsgroups tend to be popular, fun, and alternative. See Usenet.

A Internet resource through which people post and read messages related to a specific topic. See Chapter 6.

An open discussion group on any of thousands of topics. Newsgroups are arranged in a hierarchical structure which is reflected in their names. The broadest categories include alt (for various alternate topics not covered elsewhere), bionet (research biology), biz (business), comp (computers), misc (miscellaneous), news (news about Usenet), rec (hobbies, games and recreation), sci (science), soc ("social" groups) and talk (for political and other highly volatile discussions). The "alt" category is the only category in which new newsgroups can be created at will by anyone. See also Usenet.

A collection of worldwide 'discussion groups' resources on Internet, like message boards. Close Window

A public area where you can read and post messages on a particular topic or theme, allowing public discussion, either on the Internet or a Bulletin Board. Similar to a forum. Most newsgroups cover a specific topic, and newsgroup users get very annoyed if people post messages which are off-topic, ie not relevant to the topic under discussion. See also Usenet.

Internet forum dedicated to discussions on a specified range of subjects. A newsgroup contains articles (original messages) and follow-up posts. Articles with all the follow-up posts are called a thread.

A part of Usenet containing messages on a particular topic. online Able to communicate with another computer.

A topic-specific message forum on the Internet.

A place where you can post messages for others to read later.

The discussion areas of the Internet, part of a system called Usenet. external links: Deja [Usenet search engine] Now Google information sheets: Using the Internet as a virtual community related index entries: VIRTUAL COMMUNITY

A Newsgroup is a way of sharing news and information across the internet that predates the World Wide Web. They are made up of bulletin boards where individuals make postings to share with the community. More efficient than mass emailing, a message on a newsgroup stays on the news server for all to see without clogging any one's mailbox. Newsgroups are frequently used to post important information. Case has several newsgroups that are restricted to the Case community including cwru.net.general which is a newsgroup for making postings about the Case Technology Environment. Back to the top

The name for discussion groups on USENET.

A discussion group on Usenet. There are tens of thousands of different newsgroups, each devoted to a specific subject.

E-mail discussion group using a "news" message distribution protocol organized around named topics. Newsgroups can be global, regional, or local with regard to their access and distribution. While messages are submitted using e-mail, they are read from a central repository instead of being delivered to individual e-mail addresses.

An online discussion group. Particular subjects are discussed in newsgroups, which are distributed through the network Usenet.

A newsgroup is a forum in which users discuss a particular subject and post articles and questions relating to this subject. Readers can reply to these queries either in the newsgroup or directly by e-mail. Some groups are moderated and only articles relating to the subject are allowed and spamming is discouraged. A great place to find and trade information.

See Usenet newsgroups

a sort of "shared discussion group" where the messages that people post wind up on shared servers rather than being distributed to each individual. You don't need to "subscribe" to a newsgroup, you just drop in.

Similar to List Server, but messages are not sent by e-mail, but reside on a news server until downloaded, newsgroup topics are vast.

A part of the Internet which allows users to "post" and "reply to" messages from other users. A discussion forum similar to that found on local BBSs.

A virtual area on the Internet reserved for the discussio of a certain topic. A newsgroup may be controlled, or moderated, by and individual who monitors all messages transmitted to the area.

A particular section within the USENET system typically, though not always, dedicated to a particular subject of interest. Also known as discussion groups.

The name for discussion groups on the Internet. Newsgroups have nothing to do with "hard" news but are areas where groups of people chew the fat on whatever subject the newsgroup is devoted to. There are thousands of them - places where other people have left messages and to which you can contribute, leaving your thoughts for the rest of the world to read.

A popular feature of the Internet. Sort of an electronic bulletin board, newsgroups are organized by subjects, and members can post messages for other members to read, as well as reply to any posted messages.

Public bulletin board on the Internet. The more than 10,000 newsgroups are organized by subject and collectively known as Usenet.

One of the more than thousands of discussion groups on the internet where people with similar interests can post messages. Also called Usenet groups.

Discussion groups that are formed by people sharing common areas of interest. Users can read and post messages about a wide range of topics. Parents should supervise children when they are participating in any newsgroup discussions.

An online discussion group where one can read and post messages covering every interest.

One of the more than 10,000 discussion groups on the Usenet. These electronic bulletin boards cover specific areas of interest, where messages sent by any user may be viewed by all. The Usenet protocol is nntp for network news transfer protocol.

A newsgroup functions as a bulletin board where people can post messages over the interrnet. There are thousands of them, each of which is devoted to a particular subject. They have names such as bionet.biology.deepsea and sci.geo.oceanography, and these names suggest the subjects they cover. The entire collection of newsgroups is called the usenet.

An Internet bulletin board for users who share common interests. There are thousands of newsgroups ranging from body art to pets. Newsgroups let you post messages and read messages from other users.

Collections of related messages (also called articles) on a particular topic that are posted to a news server by users, which then distributes them to other participating servers. There are thousands of newsgroups covering a wide range of subjects. You must subscribe to a newsgroup in order to participate in it or to track the discussion on an on-going basis. Newsgroups are found primarily on Usenet.

A newsgroup is an electronic discussion group consisting of postings. Newsgroups and Usenet can be accessed through a news server, such as news.dialmaine.com.

A UseNet discussion group or bulletin board. See netnews, UseNet.

Internet discussion group devoted to talking about a specific topic.

Collection of related articles in the USENET news system. This is a way for users with common interests to share information. WWWebfx Home Page

A discussion group in which you can leave messages for others to read on UseNet.

A newsgroup is a discussion that takes place online, devoted to a particular topic. The discussion takes the form of electronic messages called "postings" that anyone with a newsreader (standard with most browsers) can post or read.

An electronic bulletin board reserved for discussion of a specific topic.

An ongoing online discussion group that focuses on a particular subject. Participants can gather information and communicate with others by posting messages.

A meeting place for people with similar interests. You can ask questions, discuss problems and read many interesting stories. There are thousands of these newsgroups on every topic you can imagine.

Open forums or electronic bulletin boards on the Internet, where readers can share information, ideas, tips, and opinions with each other.

An online discussion group on a particular topic.

The name for a discussion group on USENET. See Also: USENET

Thousands of Newsgroups exist, distributing information on different subjects using Usenet.

an Internet discussion group that is formed to exchange ideas

A system for conducting discussions on the Internet. Newsgroups are like world-wide bulletin boards: mail is stored in a central location and those interested in the topic of the discussion group may read and post messages without actually receiving a copy of each posting. Unlike listservs (which automatically send messages to subscribers' mailboxes), participation in USENET newsgroups is passive, and requires "reader" software to be able to read and post.

An online discussion group that focuses on a defined topic or area of interest.

People exchange information about thousands of topics over the Internet. To help organize the flow of information, groups devoted to specific areas of interest were created; these groups are called newsgroups. You can subscribe to newsgroups that interest you; when you do, you will be able to read what others have posted there and post your own information as well.

A collection of messages posted to a news server on a topic. Thousands of these discussions make up Usenet.

A discussion group that serve as worldwide bulletin boards, are organized under a common topic, and are operated through the Internet.

An online discussion forum (bulletin board) related to one particular topic, where users can read and post messages

A discussion of a particular subject consisting of notes written on a website.

(Bulletin Board, Forum, Conference) These are different names for rather similar things. All of them are software tools that store and display messages, usually organized by topic and chronology. Newsgroups are vast public discussion groups hosted on the Internet. They have very little to do with "news" in the usual sense of the word. Unlike email, newsgroup messages do not (currently) automatically get sent to you. You have to "go and get them". Internet newsgroups are read using newsreader software. The term Bulletin Boards is usually applied to systems that use proprietary standards, and aren't necessarily accessible through the Internet (First Class, many others). Forums and Conferences are sometimes applied to web-based software for sharing messages.

A discussion group for sharing information on an area of interest.

An Internet forum at which people meet to discuss a variety of topics. Newsgroups are typically accessed through a news reader, a program on your computer that connects you to a news server on the Internet.

One of Usenet 's huge collection of topic groups or forums . Newsgroups 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 lists for Internet people with no Usenet access, with messages to the forum automatically propagated to the list and vice versa. Some moderated forums are distributed as `digests', with groups of messages periodically collected into a single large message with an index.

an internet-based discussion group, focusing on a particular topic, such as a computer language. See mailing list, message board.

An information exchange forum where notes about a particular topic are posted and shared.

A virtual bulletin board on the internet, where users can read and post messages. There are thousands of newsgroups, all topic-specific, for every interest. Newsgroups are accessible via a web browser or newsgroup client such as NewsWatcher.

A newsgroup is an electronic discussion group consisting of collections of related postings (also called articles) on a particular topic that are posted to a news server which then distributes them to other participating servers. There are thousands of Newsgroups covering a wide range of subjects. You must subscribe to a newsgroup in order to participate in it or to track the discussion on an on-going basis. Subscription to a newsgroup is free. For more information on Newsgroups, visit the Netscape Online Newsgroups area.

Same as forum, an on-line discussion group. On the Internet, there are literally thousands of newsgroups covering every conceivable interest. To view and post messages to a newsgroup, you need a news reader, a program that runs on your computer and connects you to a news server on the Internet.

Discussion forum on the Internet.

A discussion forum based on a distributed bulletin board system (Usenet News).

A online forum that contains articles or postings devoted to a similar topic. Some articles are formal and are written by paid reporters and some are posted only with the approval of a moderator in what is called a "moderated" newsgroup. The majority of articles are informal and are exchanged among individuals with a common interest or area of expertise.

Usenet Newsgroups, as they're formally called, started out separately from the Internet. Right now, most people read newsgroups via the Internet, although it is also popular in the BBS world. A newsgroup is devoted to a specific topic, which can usually be guessed by its name. They are generally unmoderated, and everyone is free to contribute.

An electronic bulletin board open to everybody and divided into tens of thousands of subjects. Only a handful of newsgroups permit the posting of advertising. [ Source: 1

Internet message bases that provide forums for exchanging ideas, information, and opinions.

A kind-of bulletin board in the usenet about a special topic or a group of topics. This is where you post your articles.

An open, threaded discussion group on Usenet. Chemistry-related newsgroups include sci.chem, sci.chem.analytical, sci.chem.coatings, sci.chem.electrochem, sci.chem.labware, sci.chem.organic.synthesis, and sci.chem.organomet.

A newsgroup is a discussion about a particular subject consisting of messages sent to a central Internet site and redistributed to a network of news discussion groups. Users can post to existing newsgroups or respond to previous posts. Newcomers to newsgroups are requested to learn basic e-mail etiquette and to get familiar with the newsgroup before posting to it. You can subscribe to the postings on a particular newsgroup and receive them automatically as they become available. Some newsgroups are moderated by a designated person who decides which postings to allow however most newsgroups are not moderated. Newsgroups usually have a name that helps identify the subject of the group. For example, nf.general identifies the newsgroup as Newfoundland general discussion.

n. 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. See also article, bit. newsgroups, ClariNet, follow-up, Great Renaming, local newsgroups, mail reflector, threaded discussion, traditional newsgroup hierarchy, Usenet. Compare mailing list.

A public special interest forum on a network similar to a bulletin board - Subscribers can read and post messages to the newsgroup.

a type of electronic forum for discussion groups. Messages sent to a newsgroup are displayed for anyone to see. To subscribe to newsgroups you must have access to a news server. Also known as usenet.

An electronic public forum much like a bulletin board where so-called 'news articles' are posted by individuals all over the world. There are literally tens of thousands of news groups available. An example of a newsgroup is WebUseNet.

Newsgroup: A collection of messages posted by individuals to a news server, a computer maintained by a company, group, or individual. Some newsgroups are monitored, but most are not, and messages can be posted and read by anyone with access to the group. የዜና ቡድን View

Online area on the Web where users conduct written discussions about a particular subject; also called a discussion. 2.33, 3.32, 9.7 spam and, 12.31 Newspapers, searching for, 14.22

A system of electronic notice boards where users post their messages and reply to them.

An electronic discussion group allowing you to post messages that others can see and reply to, building a ‘thread' of messages linked by a common subject. Newsgroups are generally free to subscribe to.

AKA, forum -- on the internet there are literally thousands of newsgroups. These groups are categorized by interest (i.e., technical groups, golf groups, various hobbies, etc.) and allow for on-line discussion by allowing participants to view and post messages to an electronic bulliten board. Keep in mind, that anyone can post a message, therefore the integrity of the information may be questionable.

A discussion group on the USENET. Unlike chat rooms, newsgroups are not live; instead, questions and comments are posted to one of many Usenet servers and later redistributed around the rest of the network.

A discussion group on a specific topic, maintained on a computer network or a bulletin board.

Collection of information and users who get together to communicate about one particular subject.

A distributed bulletin board system about a particular topic. The Usenet news (also known as Net news) system distributes thousands of newsgroups to all parts of the Internet.

A USENET e-mail group devoted to the discussion of a single topic Subscribers post articles to the newsgroup which can then be read by all the other subscribers. Newsgroup do not usually contain hard ... more

A discussion group on Usenet devoted to talking about a specific topic. Currently, over 9,000 newsgroups exist.

A newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users at different locations. The term is somewhat confusing, because it is usually a discussion group. Newsgroups are technically distinct from, but functionally similar to, discussion forums on the World Wide Web.