NNTP
(Network News Transfer Protocol)
The protocol used to connect to Usenet groups on the Internet.
Usenet = bulletin board / message board / forum
Usenet newsreaders support the NNTP protocol.
Usenet= bulletin board
(USEr NETwork)
A public access network on the Internet that provides user news and group e-mail.
It is a giant bulletin board that is maintained by volunteers who provide news and mail feeds to other nodes.
All the news that travels over the Internet is called "NetNews," and a running collection of messages about a particular subject is called a "newsgroup."
A collection of messages about a particular subject is called a "newsgroup."
Newsgroup = message board = a collection of the message = forum = discussion group
A message board on the Internet.
Also known as Internet discussion groups [ forum ]
It all starts by someone posting an initial query or comment, and other members reply. Still others reply to the replies, and so the "discussion" forms a chain of related postings called a "message thread."
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