Newsgroup

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [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)