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Usenet is a loosely-coupled network? of computers that passed articles from one system to another using a store and forward mechanism. An article posted on one computer would pass it on to the computers that it knew about and they would do the same, etc. Eventually the posted article would be copied onto all computers on the network. |
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Usenet (also know as "Netnews" ) is a set of protocols for generating, storing and retrieving news "articles" (which resemble mail messages) and for exchanging them amongst a readership which is potentially widely distributed. It is organized around a newsgroup, with the expectation that each reader will be able to see all articles posted to each newsgroup in which they participates. These protocols most commonly use a flooding algorithm which propagates copies throughout a network of participating servers. Typically, only one copy is stored per server, and each server makes it available on demand to readers able to access that server. |
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E-mail could also be sent via the Usenet network, but the sender needed to know the path from their own computer to the computer of the person on the receiving end. E-mail addresses could get very complicated. For example, an e-mail address that today would be written like 'davek@davbon.com' was written 'gatech!wa4mei!igikpak!davbon!davek'. Gatech is [Georgia Tech]? and was a well-known hub for Usenet. Someone wishing to send e-mail to 'davek' would need to know how to route? an e-mail to [GA Tech]? and could then use the rest of the address in order to get the message to 'davek'. |
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Articles are passed between news servers using the NNTP protocol or (less often these days) UUCP. |
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One of the primary uses of Usenet was to route articles of interest organized by topic (commonly called a newsgroup) - referred to as Usenet news articles. Early versions of Usenet used B-News? and then later C-News?. In the mid-1990's, INN was developed to take advantage of the way the Internet worked versus the store-and-forward manner of Usenet. |
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Early versions of Usenet used B-News? and then later C-News?. In the mid-1990's, INN was developed to take advantage of the way the Internet worked versus the store-and-forward manner of Usenet. Since that time INN develpoment has continued and other news server software has also been developed. |
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see also flaming, flame war |
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see also flaming, flame war, backbone cabal, [Great Renaming]?, Kibo, There is no Cabal |
Articles are passed between news servers using the NNTP protocol or (less often these days) UUCP.
Early versions of Usenet used B-News? and then later C-News?. In the mid-1990's, INN was developed to take advantage of the way the Internet worked versus the store-and-forward manner of Usenet. Since that time INN develpoment has continued and other news server software has also been developed.
see also flaming, flame war, backbone cabal, [Great Renaming]?, Kibo, There is no Cabal
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