Newsgroup

Word NEWSGROUP
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Definitions and meanings of "Newsgroup"

What do we mean by newsgroup?

An area on a computer network, especially the Internet, devoted to the discussion of a specified topic. noun

A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject. noun

A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.

An individual area of Usenet containing text posting vaguely related to the defined subject for the newsgroup. Web equivalent is a message board Urban Dictionary

A place where you have to walk on eggshells. In other words, you gotta be careful about what you post to a newsgroup, otherwise, you may end up getting flamed. Urban Dictionary

A network of groups that's now been taken over with binaries full of porn Urban Dictionary

An acronym for something relating to child porn Urban Dictionary

The original "underbelly" of the internet. Used for exchanging messages and file sharing. Urban Dictionary

The first rule of newsgroups: Don't talk about newsgroups. Second rule of newsgroups: Don't talk about newsgroups. Urban Dictionary

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The word "newsgroup" in example sentences

The internal newsgroup is led by the ignorant flaming the desperate, few of them with real publications that qualify for the term "Professional Writer", as most of the real writers either realize that time spent arguing on the forum is time that should be spent writing, or have left the SFWA already. ❋ Raecarson (2008)

Steve Pearl, the moderator of the online rec. arts.anime.misc newsgroup from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, has passed away over the weekend. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I stopped reading certain newsgroup at google because the language was foul and the ideas were crazy. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Palm newsgroup is the easiest to work with as generally things in there are already in a suitable format to read on your Palm. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Starting a newsgroup was a tedious process that involved proposals, voting, central authority approvals, and so on. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The basic building block of Usenet is the newsgroup, which is a collection of messages with a related theme (on other networks, these would be called conferences, forums, bboards or special-interest groups). ❋ Unknown (1994)

A major example cited by an Apple employee on a newsgroup was a specialized PowerBook meant for salespeople. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The problem limiting Usenet, then, was seen as the artificial construct called the "newsgroup". ❋ Unknown (2003)

Users are now told to complain to their email providers themselves or move to the newsgroup. ❋ Unknown (2009)

HUSTLER HONEY, EUROTRASH newsgroup: alt.seduction.fast.general author: “jlaix” ❋ Jeff Allen (2011)

I urged readers to move to the newsgroup as much as possible to avoid delays due to mass mailing, and this did help. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In 1994, it was suggested to me that creating a Usenet newsgroup would be the next step. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It did pass, and the newsgroup started on April 7, 1995 with message number mg660. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I can remember when a fellow in San Cristobal de Las Casas began posting on a usenet newsgroup about violence breaking out in the tranquil town. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It took about six months of effort to get the newsgroup started. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When I send out the posts to the newsgroup, they have to go to news servers at my ISP and elsewhere. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Mathematica mailing list and internet newsgroup comp. soft-sys.math.mathematica (called MathGroup for short) have been in existence for more than twenty years now. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Once posts are acceptable, I run more scripts that prepare the messages for either the mailing list or the newsgroup and send them out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The amount of spam that came to the newsgroup and mailing list addresses grew from maybe 10 per day to hundreds to now about 2,000 a day, or roughly 20-50 spam messages to each authentic post. ❋ Unknown (2009)

❋ Alien Entity (2002)

I introduced myself [to the] newsgroup, and [ended] up [getting flamed]. ❋ Qbert (2004)

great, another [2 days] till that newsgroup [server] is [useable] ❋ Td (2004)

wow, that newsgroup has [a picture] of a [sodomized] baby [on it]. Fuck... ❋ Gumba Gumba (2004)

Which newsgroups do you subscribe to? I subscribe to [alt].sex.stories and alt.binaries.pictures.[erotica].[bbw] ❋ George76 (2006)

n00b:Hey man, [what are these] newsgroups I've heard about? non-n00b:It's just a bunch of shitty porn grouped together [on the net]; I would stick with [P2P] if I were you. ❋ (&) (2009)

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