newsgroup
[nooz-groop, nyooz‐]
- a place on a computer network, especially within Usenet, that maintains an online discussion group on a specific topic: newsgroups for movies.
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Origin of newsgroup
First recorded in 1985–90
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newsgroup
- computing a forum where subscribers exchange information about a specific subject by electronic mail
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