Usenet newsgroups provide discussion forums on a wide range of topics. You can read the forums from a news server installed at your site. |
The topics are organized into hierarchies. Some of the main categories are
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Subtopic names are always shown as part of the hierarchy
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People participate in newsgroups by contributing messages, called ÒpostingÓ, which everyone else on the list can read. |
Some newsgroups are moderated, which means that posted messages are scanned by a human for appropriate content and style before being made public. |
Many software packages are news readers, including Netscape web browsers - just ask your systems administrator what news server to use. |
From Introduction to the World Wide Web and Web Technologies presentation: Introduction to the www and Web Technologies -- Fall Semester 96. by Nancy McCracken-Foils prepared December 9 1996