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Find definitions below for some of the more common words you'll see while using Google's Usenet service.


browser -------->
n A program which renders HTML code as a nicely composed web page.
Netscape and Internet Explorer are examples of browsers for the World Wide Web.
They sit on your computer (the client side) and work in tandem with the computers publishing the HTML pages on the web (the server side).


cross-post vi------->
Cross-posting allows you to post a message simultaneously to several forums , as opposed to posting it repeatedly (once to each forum), causing people to see it multiple times (considered to be bad form).
Cross-posting should include a Follow-up To line that directs responses to a single follow-up forum.
Doing so prevents follow-up messages from being directed to the wrong forums when only one part of the original message is being responded to.


discussion n-------->
Also known as a thread, a discussion is a chain of messages on a single topic.
To 'follow a thread' is to read a series of messages with a common subject.


discussion forums n----------->
Discussion forums are the primary method for group communication on the Internet and include Usenet newsgroups, mailing lists and corporate discussion groups.


emoticon n----------->
A symbolic figure drawn with letters and punctuation marks and used to indicate an emotional state.
Typically, they're best viewed sideways.
For example, :-) is used to represent a smiling face.
A winking bald guy with a big nose and goatee might be rendered as: ( ;?
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FAQ n---------->
[Frequently Asked (or Answered) Question] A compendium of accumulated lore, posted to high-volume forums in an attempt to forestall the perpetual re-asking of the same questions.
If you're new to a group, read this before you post and spare yourself the wrath of old-timers.


flame------------>

1 vi To post a message intended to insult and provoke.


2 vi To speak incessantly and/or rabidly on some relatively uninteresting subject or with a patently ridiculous attitude.


3 vt Either of senses 1 or 2, directed with hostility at a particular person or people.


4 n An instance of flaming.
When a discussion degenerates into uninformative ad hominem bickering, cooler heads might inform the participants that This flame war is a waste of electrons, though this unfortunately is frequently interpreted as inflammatory itself.

forum n Any discussion group accessible through a dial-in bulletin board service, a mailing list, or a newsgroup.
Contrast with real-time chat via instant messengering, telephones or personal e-mail.


handle n------------>
An electronic pseudonym; a 'nom de guerre' chosen by a user to conceal his or her true identity.
Network and bulletin board handles offer the same anonymity and opportunity for misdirection enjoyed by fans of Citizen's Band radio, from which the term was adopted.
Use of grandiose handles is characteristic of crackers, weenies and other lower forms of network life; true hackers travel on their own reputations rather than invented legendry.