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followup |
3 definitions found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: follow-up n : a second (or subsequent) examination [syn: {reexamination}, {review}] From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: followup n. [common] On Usenet, a {posting} generated in response to another posting (as opposed to a {reply}, which goes by email rather than being broadcast). Followups include the ID of the {parent message} in their headers; smart news-readers can use this information to present Usenet news in `conversation' sequence rather than order-of-arrival. See {thread}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: followup On {Usenet}, a {posting} generated in response to another posting (as opposed to a {reply}, which goes by e-mail rather than being broadcast). Followups include the ID of the {parent message} in their headers; smart news-readers can use this information to present {Usenet} news in conversation" sequence rather than order-of-arrival. See {thread}. [{Jargon File}]