2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  newsgroup  n.  [Usenet]  One  of  {Usenet}'s  huge  collection  of 
  topic  groups  or  {fora}.  Usenet  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  newsgroups  have  parallel  {mailing  list}s  for  Internet  people  with 
  no  netnews  access  with  postings  to  the  group  automatically  propagated 
  to  the  list  and  vice  versa.  Some  moderated  groups  (especially  those 
  which  are  actually  gatewayed  Internet  mailing  lists)  are  distributed  as 
  `digests',  with  groups  of  postings  periodically  collected  into  a  single 
  large  posting  with  an  index. 
 
  Among  the  best-known  are  comp.lang.c  (the  C-language  forum), 
  comp.arch  (on  computer  architectures),  comp.unix.wizards  (for  Unix 
  wizards),  rec.arts.sf.written  and  siblings  (for  science-fiction  fans),  and 
  talk.politics.misc  (miscellaneous  political  discussions  and  {flamage}). 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  newsgroup 
 
    One  of  {Usenet}'s  huge  collection  of  topic  groups 
  or  {fora}.  {Usenet}  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  newsgroups  have  parallel  {mailing  list}s  for 
  {Internet}  people  with  no  netnews  access  with  postings  to  the 
  group  automatically  propagated  to  the  list  and  vice  versa. 
  Some  moderated  groups  (especially  those  which  are  actually 
  gatewayed  {Internet}  {mailing  lists})  are  distributed  as 
  "{digest}s",  with  groups  of  postings  periodically  collected 
  into  a  single  large  posting  with  an  index. 
 
  Among  the  best-known  are  comp.lang.c  (the  {C}-language  forum), 
  comp.arch  (on  computer  architectures),  comp.Unix.wizards  (for 
  {Unix  wizard}s),  rec.arts.sf-lovers  (for  science-fiction 
  fans),  and  talk.politics.misc  (miscellaneous  political 
  discussions  and  {flamage}). 
 
  Barry  Shein    is  alleged  to  have  said 
  "Remember  the  good  old  days  when  you  could  read  all  the  group 
  names  in  one  day?"  This  gives  a  good  idea  of  the  growth  and 
  size  of  {Usenet}. 
 
  See  also  {netiquette}. 
 
  [{Jargon  File}] 
 
  (1994-12-13) 
 
 

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