Another name for Usenet, often refers to Usenet News when being received via the Internet, via NNTP.
This is a loosely controlled collection of discussion groups. A message (similar to an e-mail) is posted in a specific area and then people can comment on it, publicly replying to the same place ("posting a response") for others to see. A collection of messages along the same theme is referred to as a thread. Some of the groups are moderated, which means that nothing is posted without the approval of the "owner." Most are not and the title of the group is no guarantee that the discussion will be related. The "official" term for this is Usenet News.
An alternative term for Usenet News; usually used to refer to Usenet News carried on the Internet.
A collection of electronic bulletin boards on a huge variety of topics, available on the Internet. Also, the information available from these bulletin boards. See newsgroup, rn, nn, and UseNet.
A collective way of referring to the UseNet newsgroups.
