Usenet - Revision history

Jnc: Link to Dial-up (as most Usenet links were)

2025-09-18T13:43:04Z

Link to Dial-up (as most Usenet links were)

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	'''Usenet''' was an early [[wide area network\|wide area]] [[data network]], roughly contemporaneous with the early [[Internet]]. It ran over a collection of [[point-point]] telephone [[modem]] links, and used the [[UUCP]] [[protocol]].		'''Usenet''' was an early [[wide area network\|wide area]] [[data network]], roughly contemporaneous with the early [[Internet]]. It ran over a collection of [[dial-up]] [[point-point]] telephone [[modem]] links, and used the [[UUCP]] [[protocol]].

	The primary [[application]] was [[Netnews]] (a hierarchical [[bulletin board]] system), but [[email]] was also available. Confusion, along less knowledgeable people, between the network and the primary application, has led to many speaking of 'Usenet' when they meant/mean 'Netnews'.		The primary [[application]] was [[Netnews]] (a hierarchical [[bulletin board]] system), but [[email]] was also available. Confusion, along less knowledgeable people, between the network and the primary application, has led to many speaking of 'Usenet' when they meant/mean 'Netnews'.

Jnc: Mention confusion between the network and the primary application (Netnews)

2025-04-06T18:05:28Z

Mention confusion between the network and the primary application (Netnews)

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	'''Usenet''' was an early [[wide area network\|wide area]] [[data network]], roughly contemporaneous with the early [[Internet]]. It ran over a collection of [[point-point]] telephone [[modem]] links, and used the [[UUCP]] [[protocol]]. The primary [[application]] was [[Netnews]] (a hierarchical [[bulletin board]] system), but [[email]] was also available.		'''Usenet''' was an early [[wide area network\|wide area]] [[data network]], roughly contemporaneous with the early [[Internet]]. It ran over a collection of [[point-point]] telephone [[modem]] links, and used the [[UUCP]] [[protocol]].

			The primary [[application]] was [[Netnews]] (a hierarchical [[bulletin board]] system), but [[email]] was also available. Confusion, along less knowledgeable people, between the network and the primary application, has led to many speaking of 'Usenet' when they meant/mean 'Netnews'.

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Jnc: Fix Usenet/Netnews confusion

2025-03-30T13:51:46Z

Fix Usenet/Netnews confusion

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	==See also==		<!-- ==See also== -->

	* [[Usenet archive]]
	* [[A news]]
	* [[Network News Transfer Protocol]]

	==External links==		==External links==

Jnc: Fairly stubby - mostly a place to store a link to a good paper

2025-03-27T23:23:27Z

Fairly stubby - mostly a place to store a link to a good paper

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'''Usenet''' was an early [[wide area network|wide area]] [[data network]], roughly contemporaneous with the early [[Internet]]. It ran over a collection of [[point-point]] telephone [[modem]] links, and used the [[UUCP]] [[protocol]]. The primary [[application]] was [[Netnews]] (a hierarchical [[bulletin board]] system), but [[email]] was also available.

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==See also==

* [[Usenet archive]]
* [[A news]]
* [[Network News Transfer Protocol]]

==External links==

* Steven M. Bellovin, [https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/papers/netnews-hist.pdf ''Netnews: The Origin Story''], [[Annals of the History of Computing]] - mostly focuses on Netnews, but has some coverage of Usenet as well

[[Category: Data Networks]]