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Worldwide computer-based distributed discussion system
Usenet (/ˈjuːznɛt/), short for User's Network, is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from the general-purpose
Usenet
Repository within Usenet
A Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system for messages posted from users in different locations using the Internet. They are
Usenet_newsgroup
Collaborative humor website
The Internet Oracle (historically known as The Usenet Oracle) is an effort at collective humor in a pseudo-Socratic question-and-answer format. A user
Internet_Oracle
The USENET Cookbook was an experiment in electronic publishing conducted by Brian Reid in 1985–1987, several years before the Web. Reid distinguishes between
USENET_Cookbook
Usenet discussion forum concerning evolution and the origin of life
origins (often capitalised to Talk.Origins or abbreviated as t.o.) is a Usenet discussion forum concerning the origins of life, and evolution. Its official
Talk.origins
Policy of blocking and deleting posts
On Usenet, the Usenet Death Penalty (UDP) is a final penalty that may be issued against Internet service providers or single users who produce too much
Usenet_Death_Penalty
Usenet, a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system, can be accessed through web browsers as well as through dedicated news clients. Usenet newsgroups
Web-based_Usenet
Usenet is a worldwide, distributed discussion system that uses the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). Programs called newsreaders are used to read
List_of_Usenet_newsreaders
Internet celebrity notable for Usenet posting
A Usenet personality was a particular kind of internet personality who gained a certain level of notoriety from posting on the Usenet discussion forum
Usenet_personality
Proposed alternative to the classic Usenet hierarchy
Usenet II was a proposed alternative to the classic Usenet hierarchy, started in 1998. Unlike the original Usenet, it was peered only between "sound"
Usenet_II
Application that reads articles on Usenet distributed throughout newsgroups
A newsreader is a software application that reads articles on Usenet distributed throughout newsgroups. Newsreaders act as clients which connect to a news
Newsreader_(Usenet)
Group of newsgroup hierarchies
newsgroup hierarchies established after the Great Renaming, a restructuring of Usenet that occurred during 1987. These hierarchies are managed by the Big 8 Management
Big_8_(Usenet)
Adage about hypocritical proscription
Usenet: "Flames of spelling and/or grammar will have spelling and/or grammatical errors." Named after Andrew Bell, a contributor to alt.sex on Usenet
Muphry's_law
Any pornography that is accessible over the Internet
primarily via websites, FTP connections, peer-to-peer file sharing, or Usenet newsgroups. The greater accessibility of the World Wide Web from the late
Internet_pornography
Internet jargon
providers began offering Usenet access to many new users. Before this, the only sudden changes in the volume of new users of Usenet occurred each September
Eternal_September
Deliberately making offensive remarks online
first used in Internet slang, with numerous unattested accounts of BBS and Usenet origins in the early 1980s or before. The English noun "troll" in the standard
Trolling
Canadian freelance game and speculative fiction reviewer (b. 1961)
who also works as a first reader for the Science Fiction Book Club. As a Usenet personality, Nicoll is known for writing a widely quoted epigram on the
James_Nicoll
Usenet Explorer is a Usenet client for the Microsoft Windows operating system. It is designed to handle binary and text Usenet posts and capable of handling
Usenet_Explorer
Canadian computer programmer
a Usenet server program. He also wrote The Ten Commandments for C Programmers. He is coauthor, with David Lawrence, of the book Managing Usenet. While
Henry_Spencer
Service from Google that provides discussion groups
interests. Until February 2024, the Groups service also provided a gateway to Usenet newsgroups, both reading and posting to them, via a shared user interface
Google_Groups
Shadow library search engine
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Anna's_Archive
Type of personalized block
block of text automatically appended at the bottom of an email message, Usenet article, or forum post. An email signature is a block of text appended to
Signature_block
Pseudonym on, and the prototypical newbie of, Usenet
later sometimes B1FF, was a pseudonym on, and the prototypical newbie of, Usenet. BIFF was created as and taken up as a satire of a partly amusing, partly
BIFF_(Usenet)
Internet adage about Nazi comparisons
author Mike Godwin in 1990, Godwin's law originally referred specifically to Usenet newsgroup discussions. He stated that he introduced Godwin's law in 1990
Godwin's_law
Internet slang
be used to indicate amusement. It was first used almost exclusively on Usenet, but has since become widespread in other forms of computer-mediated communication
LOL
Usenet client for macOS
Unison was a shareware Mac OS X client for Usenet, developed by Panic Software. It required access to a news server and supports binary file downloading
Unison_(Usenet_client)
Usenet service provider
Supernews is a Usenet service provider founded in 1995. It is currently owned by Giganews and currently share the same backbone. Offering consumers and
Supernews_(Usenet_provider)
public access computer system in New York City in the late 1980s, known on Usenet as node dasys1. Based on a Stride Computer brand minicomputer running the
The_Big_Electric_Cat
2002 French academic dispute
science-themed TV shows, had obtained PhDs with nonsensical work. Rumors spread on Usenet newsgroups that their work was a deliberate hoax intended to target weaknesses
Bogdanov_affair
Usenet newsgroup
alt.sex.stories is a Usenet newsgroup for erotic stories created on May 7, 1992, by Tim Pierce as an alternative to pre-existing alt erotica newsgroups
Alt.sex.stories
Automated Retroactive Minimal Moderation, a program to aid in the control of Usenet abuse
was a program developed by Richard Depew in 1993 to aid in the control of Usenet abuse. Concerned by abusive posts emanating from certain anonymous-posting
ARMM_(Usenet)
Type of server software
to handle Usenet articles. It may also refer to a computer itself which is primarily or solely used for handling Usenet. Access to Usenet is only available
News_server
File-sharing site for journal articles, books, and magazines
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Z-Library
Group of administrators on Usenet
system Usenet. It existed from about 1983 until around 1988. The cabal was created as an effort to facilitate reliable propagation of new Usenet posts
Backbone_cabal
Usenet newsgroup
alt.religion.scientology, also known as a.r.s or ARS, was a Usenet newsgroup started in 1991 to discuss the controversial beliefs of Scientology and the
Alt.religion.scientology
Type of file format
intended to increase the reliability of transferring files via Usenet newsgroups. Usenet was originally designed for informal conversations, and the underlying
Parchive
Topics referred to by the same term
1994 talk (software), a Unix messaging program talk.*, one of the Big 8 (Usenet) hierarchies AppleTalk, an early networking protocol designed by Apple for
Talk
their position in Usenet history. These are the most widely distributed and carefully controlled newsgroup hierarchies. See Big 8 (Usenet) and the Great
List_of_newsgroups
Spotnet is a protocol on top of Usenet, providing a decentralized alternative to usenet indexing websites, and the NZB format in general. Spotnet allows
Spotnet
Chain e-mail hoax
found on Mars. This is the text as it appears, possibly most frequently, in usenet repostings: And this year's nominee is: The Arizona Highway Patrol came
JATO_Rocket_Car
Canadian computer security consultant
a Canadian computer security consultant from Ottawa, who fought spam on Usenet and the early Internet. Active in volunteer anti-spam efforts in the late
Chris_Lewis_(Usenet)
Trade organization in the U.S.
triumphs in Usenet copyright case". Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2021. Jennings, Richi (July 2, 2009). "Usenet.com loses
Recording Industry Association of America
Recording_Industry_Association_of_America
Topics referred to by the same term
the Air France-KLM group Tō, a Japanese pagoda Talk.Origins, a moderated Usenet discussion forum concerning the origins of life, and evolution All pages
TO
Spam targeting Usenet newsgroups
Newsgroup spam is a type of spam where the targets are Usenet newsgroups. Usenet convention defines spamming as excessive multiple posting, i.e. repeated
Newsgroup_spam
Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia
March 26, 2021. There is a certain mindset associated with unmoderated Usenet groups [...] that infects the collectively-managed Wikipedia project: if
Wikipedia
1990s debate regarding the Linux kernel
architecture in general. Tanenbaum, the creator of Minix, began the debate in Usenet discussion group comp.os.minix, arguing that microkernels are superior to
Tanenbaum–Torvalds_debate
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
CYCLADES FidoNet Internet Internet2 JANET NPL network TANet Toasternet Usenet Locations Africa Americas North South Antarctica Asia Europe Oceania Global
Nikola_Tesla
Unsolicited electronic messages, especially advertisements
email spam. Similar abuses also occur in other media: instant messaging, Usenet newsgroup, Web search engines, blogs, wiki, online classified ads, mobile
Spamming
American multinational technology company
2006. Free technical support is traditionally provided through online Usenet newsgroups, and CompuServe in the past, monitored by Microsoft employees;
Microsoft
Usenet newsgroup
alt.binaries.slack is a Usenet newsgroup created for the purpose of posting pictures, sounds, and utilities related to the Church of the SubGenius, making
Alt.binaries.slack
Computer network protocol
Transfer Protocol (NNTP) is an application protocol used for transporting Usenet news articles (netnews) between news servers, and for reading/posting articles
Network News Transfer Protocol
Network_News_Transfer_Protocol
Term
Crank_(person)
Conventions for text-based Internet fora
quoted. The concept applies to formats such as e-mail, Internet forums and Usenet. The main options are interleaved posting (also called inline replying,
Posting_style
Answers to common questions on a topic
the Usenet net.graphics and comp.graphics newsgroups, while Eugene Miya experimented with the first daily FAQ. As FAQs accumulated across Usenet, they
FAQ
American blogger
"Inverse Law of Usenet Bandwidth": "The more interesting your life becomes, the less you post... and vice versa." As an "unstoppable Usenet poster who could
Jorn_Barger
Rewriting an email message sender address
were also used before and outside of SMTP, e.g. as bang paths in UUCP and Usenet (Net-News). All news articles still contain a Path header, example: Path:
Sender_Rewriting_Scheme
XML-based file format
for retrieving posts from NNTP (Usenet) servers. The format was conceived by the developers of the Newzbin.com Usenet Index. NZB is effective when used
NZB
American Usenetter
and Usenet, Parry received publicity, including a cover story in Wired magazine and mentions in Playboy and The Times. He became known on Usenet for grepping
James_"Kibo"_Parry
Sourdough culture
down as an heirloom within the family of Carl Griffith, who shared it via Usenet in the 1990s. Since 2000, it has been maintained and shared by a dedicated
Carl Griffith's sourdough starter
Carl_Griffith's_sourdough_starter
Data item stored in a browser by a website
Archived from the original on 7 December 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2010. "Usenet Post by Marc Andreessen: Here it is, world!". 13 October 1994. Archived
HTTP_cookie
File transfer encoding scheme
binary-to-text encoding scheme for transferring binary files in messages on Usenet or via e-mail. It reduces the overhead over previous US-ASCII-based encoding
YEnc
Confusion of parody and sincere expression
was intended ironically. As early as 1983, Jerry Schwarz, in a post on Usenet, wrote: Avoid sarcasm and facetious remarks. Without the voice inflection
Poe's_law
Digital archive by the Internet Archive
information and data files on webpages, the Gopher hierarchy, the Netnews (Usenet) bulletin board system, and software. The information collected by these
Wayback_Machine
Sexual act involving internal ejaculation
Stan (26 January 1999). "help:christy letting a guy cum in her mouth". Usenet. Google Groups. Retrieved 15 January 2023. Tim Dean (1 June 2009). Unlimited
Creampie_(sexual_act)
File-sharing website
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1337x
Linked hypertext system on the Internet
organised in other ways (such as traditional computer file systems or the Usenet). Moreover, he insisted that the system should be decentralised, without
World_Wide_Web
Compiler for xBase
OOP approaches and target-based syntax such as SQLExecute(). The Clipper Usenet newsgroups are comp.lang.clipper and comp.lang.clipper.visual-objects. A
Clipper (programming language)
Clipper_(programming_language)
Online media database
access and privileges. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the World Wide Web (www. system)
IMDb
Peer-to-peer movies release group
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YIFY
Linux distribution
August 1992). "SLS: Free Linux Distribution". Newsgroup: comp.os.linux. Usenet: 1992Aug12.232203.20860@athena.mit.edu. Archived from the original on 15
Softlanding_Linux_System
Fictional rogue computer operator
considered canonical. The BOFH stories were originally posted in 1992 to Usenet by Travaglia, with some being reprinted in Datamation. Since 2000 they have
Bastard_Operator_From_Hell
Early example of a flame war sent over Usenet
The Meow Wars were an early example of a flame war sent over Usenet which began in 1996 and ended circa 1998. Its participants were known as "Meowers"
Meow_Wars
System of phonetic notation
IPA chart for English dialects Encodings ASCII encodings SAMPA X-SAMPA Usenet ASCII-IPA TIPA Phonetic symbols in Unicode IPA number IPA Braille Consonants
International Phonetic Alphabet
International_Phonetic_Alphabet
Compact astronomical body
Anderson, Warren G. (1996). "The Black Hole Information Loss Problem". Usenet Physics FAQ. Archived from the original on 22 January 2009. Retrieved 24
Black_hole
American social news and discussion site
portal Crowdsourcing Fediverse Internet culture Social bookmarking Unidan Usenet Web 2.0 Baidu Tieba Delicious (del.icio.us) Digg Diigo Fark Hacker News
Suite of office software
Explorer 4.0 web browser and Outlook Express, an Internet e-mail client and usenet newsgroup reader. Office 98 was re-engineered by Microsoft's Macintosh Business
Microsoft_Office
Electronic chain letter
the Internet in 1989. It was widely distributed throughout dial-up BBSes, Usenet newsgroups, and email. In anti-spammer slang, the name is often abbreviated
Make_Money_Fast
Computer programmer
programmer. He was the first[citation needed] person to post a weekly FAQ to Usenet. He developed the portable pixmap file format and pbmplus (the precursor
Jef_Poskanzer
Scientific research paper file sharing website
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Sci-Hub
HipCrime was both the screenname of a Usenet user and a software application distributed by, and presumably written by, this individual or group. The name
HipCrime
Website providing torrent files and magnet links
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The_Pirate_Bay
American Internet theorist and author (1973–2001)
Hauben, he co-authored the 1997 book Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet. Hauben's work is widely referenced in many scholarly articles
Michael_Hauben
Act of posting the same message to multiple information channels
problem by specifying that all responses be directed to a single group. In Usenet, the destination newsgroup(s) for a particular message is indicated in the
Crossposting
Canadian businessman
intellectual property. Templeton played an active role over the life of Usenet, including the development of software tools for it. His most notable activities
Brad_Templeton
Search engine from Google
pages, Google also provides services for searching images (Google Images), Usenet newsgroups, news websites, videos (Google Videos), searching by locality
Google_Search
system. BBS access is limited to phone lines until the early 1990s. 1979 – Usenet conceived by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis at the University of North Carolina
Timeline_of_file_sharing
Usenet group dedicated to the works of J. Michael Straczynski
rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated is a moderated Usenet newsgroup that focuses on the science fiction television series Babylon 5 and the works of writer
Rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Book by Willis E. McNelly
21, 1999. Usenet: wmcnelly-2112991012210001@d-asdful91.fullerton.edu. Retrieved November 11, 2008. "Dune Encyclopedia". alt.fan.dune Usenet. "Dune Encyclopedia
The_Dune_Encyclopedia
American television series
episodes on unofficial websites, formed communities with other fans through Usenet newsgroups and listservs, and wrote their own fan fiction. The X-Files also
The_X-Files
Software developer (born 1956)
development, who gained notoriety as an early high-volume contributor to Usenet newsgroups. Rosen grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York. He attended
Rich_Rosen
Usenet catchphrase and running joke
catchphrase and running joke found on Usenet. The journalist Wendy M. Grossman writes that its appearance on the alt.usenet.cabal FAQ reflects conspiracy accusations
There_Is_No_Cabal
System which created Usenet posts using Markov chains
Mark V. Shaney is a synthetic Usenet user whose postings in the net.singles newsgroups were generated by Markov chain techniques, based on text from other
Mark_V._Shaney
Acorn-clone personal computer
computer as a bare bones system for self-assembly. After speculation on the usenet newsgroups, a website for the hardware was spotted in mid October 2002.
Iyonix_PC
American computer scientist and Usenet pioneer (born 1955)
Mary Ann Horton (born Mark R. Horton, November 21, 1955), is a Usenet and Internet pioneer. Horton contributed to Berkeley UNIX (BSD), including the vi
Mary_Ann_Horton
Usenet newsgroup
alt.sex is a Usenet newsgroup – a discussion group within the Usenet network – relating to human sexual activity. It was popular in the 1990s. An October
Alt.sex
Dark fantasy television series (2005–2020)
cohesive than the earlier era of message boards, mailing lists, or old Usenet forums. Later, the fandom continued to expand across various other social
Supernatural (American TV series)
Supernatural_(American_TV_series)
Online artist collective
Project (attn: artists and photographers)". Newsgroup: alt.best.of.internet. Usenet: ed.728159157@cwis. Retrieved 9 September 2009. Stone, Elliott (December
SITO_(artist_collective)
HW Media Usenet/newsgroup reseller
Easynews, Inc is a HW Media Usenet/newsgroup reseller. Founded in 1994, Easynews service is available to individual users through a subscription model
Easynews
Informal term for the transfer of electronic information by physically moving media
their earnings have dropped 90% under Taliban rule. When Australia joined Usenet in 1983, it received articles via tapes sent from the United States to the
Sneakernet
1994 originators of commercial spam; married American lawyers
who committed the first massive commercial Usenet spamming on April 12, 1994. They were not the first Usenet spammers, but some consider them pioneers
Laurence Canter and Martha Siegel
Laurence_Canter_and_Martha_Siegel
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Welsh
Honor.
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American, Australian, British, English
Tradesman; Blacksmith
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Tamil
Bhav Bhooti | பவ-பூதி
The universe
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Indian
Soul, Gods blessing, A mosque
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British, English
One from the King's Meadow
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(Юрий) Russian form of Greek Georgios, YURIY means "earth-worker, farmer."
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Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Radiant
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Indian, Sanskrit
Imperishable
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Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Wise Life
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