usenet

Use·net

U u

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [yooz-net, yoos‐]
- /ˈyuzˌnɛt, ˈyus‐/
- /juːznt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [yooz-net, yoos‐]
- /ˈyuzˌnɛt, ˈyus‐/

Definitions of usenet word

noun usenet Computers. an extensive system of newsgroups: a branch of the Internet. 1
noun Definition of usenet in Technology (messaging) /yoos'net/ or /yooz'net/ (Or "Usenet news", from "Users' Network") A distributed bulletin board system and the people who post and read articles thereon. Originally implemented in 1979 - 1980 by Steve Bellovin, Jim Ellis, Tom Truscott, and Steve Daniel at Duke University, and supported mainly by Unix machines, it swiftly grew to become international in scope and, before the advent of the web, probably the largest decentralised information utility in existence. Usenet encompasses government agencies, universities, high schools, businesses of all sizes, and home computers of all descriptions. In the beginning, not all Usenet hosts were on the Internet. As of early 1993, it hosted over 1200 newsgroups ("groups" for short) and an average of 40 megabytes (the equivalent of several thousand paper pages) of new technical articles, news, discussion, chatter, and flamage every day. By November 1999, the number of groups had grown to over 37,000. To join in you originally needed a news reader program but there are now several web gateways, cheifly Google Groups (originally Deja News). Some web browsers include news readers and URLs beginning "news:" refer to Usenet newsgroups. 1
uncountable noun usenet Usenet is a computer network that links newsgroups on the Internet. 0
noun usenet a vast collection of newsgroups that follow agreed naming, maintaining, and distribution practices 0

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Origin of usenet

First appearance:

before 1990

One of the 1% newest English words

1990-95; use(rs') + net(work)

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Parts of speech for Usenet

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usenet popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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