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newsgroup
Last modified: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 

Same as forum, an on-line discussion group. On the Internet, there are literally thousands of newsgroups covering every conceivable interest. To view and post messages to a newsgroup, you need a news reader, a program that runs on your computer and connects you to a news server on the Internet.

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Infinite Ink's Finding Newsgroups 
A very good resource for locating newsgroups. Offers several search and browse listings.

Supernews Web-Reading News Interface
Allows you search and read USENET newsgroup discussions via your Web browser.

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