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'''UUCP''' is short for '''Unix-to-Unix copy''', which is a peer-to-peer networking technology — initially dial-up — for copying files, sending [[email]]s, and transferring [[netnews]].
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'''UUCP''' is short for '''Unix-to-Unix copy''', which is an early peer-to-peer [[data network]]ing technology — initially using [[dial-up]] [[modem]]s — for copying [[file]]s, sending [[email]], and transferring [[netnews]]; it was part of early [[UNIX]]. It was used by [[Usenet]], an early [[wide area network|wide area]] data network (roughly contemporaneous with the early [[Internet]]).
  
 
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==External links==
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* [https://www.airs.com/ian/uucp-doc/uucp_7.html UUCP Protocol Internals] <!-- https://www.math.utah.edu/docs/info/uucp_5.html -->
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* [https://uucp.nl/ What is UUCP?]
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* [https://hackaday.com/2025/01/16/forgotten-internet-uucp/ Forgotten Internet: UUCP]
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[[Category: Networking]]
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[[Category: UNIX]]

Latest revision as of 20:50, 18 September 2025

UUCP is short for Unix-to-Unix copy, which is an early peer-to-peer data networking technology — initially using dial-up modems — for copying files, sending email, and transferring netnews; it was part of early UNIX. It was used by Usenet, an early wide area data network (roughly contemporaneous with the early Internet).

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