Newsgroups - What Is It?

The Usenet is a global network of discussion groups better known as Newsgroups. Contrary to their name, Newsgroups are usually not discussions of today's headlines (although they can be), but rather collections of thoughts and rants on any subject under the sun, including Usenet itself. Newsgroups are divided into categories indicated by the first letters of their name. There are many different category prefixes, but the main ones you are likely to run into are comp (computer), sci (science), rec (recreation), soc (society), and alt (alternative). Under these headings are thousands of sub-categories, ranging from "alt.activism.death-penalty" to "rec.music.makers.bagpipe" and anything in between (and beyond).

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