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| TechEncyclopedia (http://www.techweb.com) define the newsgroups as, "A discussion group on the Internet. It is an on-going collection of messages about a particular subject. " Newsgroups are sometimes refered to as Usenet, which is defined as, "(USEr NETwork) A public access network on the Internet that provides user news and e-mail. It is a giant, dispersed bulletin board that is maintained by volunteers who provide news and mail feeds to other nodes. All the news that travels over the Internet is called NetNews, and a newsgroup is a running collection of messages about a particular subject. Usenet began in 1979 as a bulletin board between two universities in North Carolina. Today, there are some 10,000 newsgroups. News can be read with a Web browser or via newsreaders such as nn, rn, trn and tin." In order for you to participate in newsgroups, you must have your newsreader setup correctly. Due to the various ways that newsreaders are setup, you may need to contact your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
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| The Comprehensive Internet Reference to Discussion Lists, Newsgroups, FTP Sites, Computer Products Vendors and Internet Service & Web Design Companies | |
| DejaNews | |
| Search Engine for newsgroups | |
| AltaVista | |
| Search Engine that can be set to search newsgroups | |
