"Usenet" meaning in English

See Usenet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈjuːz.nɛt/
Etymology: From USENIX, group of computer programmers using the operating system Unix, from users of Unix. See net (“network”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|net||network}} net (“network”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Usenet
  1. (Internet) A world-wide distributed discussion system consisting of newsgroups classified hierarchically by subject. Wikipedia link: Usenet Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Usenet Derived forms: Usegroup, Usenet Death Penalty, Usenetard, Usenetite, Usenetter Translations (a world-wide distributed discussion system consisting of newsgroups classified hierarchically by subject): يُوزْنِت (yūznet) [masculine] (Arabic), يُوزْنِت (yūznit) [masculine] (Arabic), 用戶網絡 (Chinese Mandarin), 用户网络 (yònghù wǎngluò) (Chinese Mandarin), Usenet (Finnish), nyysit [plural, slang] (Finnish), Usenet [masculine] (French), Usenet [neuter] (German), ユーズネット (Yūzunetto) (Japanese), 유즈넷 (Yujeunet) (Korean), یوزنت (yuznet) (Persian), Юзне́т (Juznɛ́t) [masculine] (Russian)

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