Definition of Usenet. Meaning of Usenet. Synonyms of Usenet

- Usenet (/ˈjuːznɛt/), USENET, or, "in full", User's Network, is a worldwide distributed discussion system available on computers. It was developed from...
- A Usenet newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from users in different locations using the Internet. They are...
- A newsreader is an application program that reads articles on Usenet distributed throughout newsgroups. Newsreaders act as clients which connect to a news...
- A Usenet personality was a particular kind of Internet celebrity, being an individual who gained a certain level of notoriety from posting on Usenet, a...
- 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...
- comparison of Usenet newsreaders. Legend: alt.* hierarchy List of newsgroups List of Usenet newsreaders News server Newsreader (Usenet) Network News Transfer...
- September that never ended is Usenet slang for a period beginning around 1993 when Internet service providers began offering Usenet access to many new users...
- 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...
- Usenet II was a proposed alternative to the classic Usenet hierarchy, started in 1998. Unlike the original Usenet, it was peered only between "sound sites"...
- 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...