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• etnews /net'n[y]ooz/ n. 1. The software that makes Usenet run.
  2. The content of Usenet. "I read netnews right after my mail most mornings....
• line eater, the: [USENET] n. 1. A bug in some now-obsolete versions of the netnews software that used to eat up to BUFSIZ bytes of the article text.
  The bug was triggered by having the text of the article start with a space or tab....
• NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ n. [acronym
  the `Network Window System'] The road not taken in window systems, an elegant PostScript-based environment that would almost certainly have won the standards war with X if it hadn't been proprietary to Sun Microsystems....
• NeWS: /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ [acronym
  he `Network Window System'] n. The road not taken in window systems, an elegant {{PostScript}}-based environment that would almost certainly have won the standards war with {X} if it hadn't been {proprietary} to Sun Microsystems....
• line eater, the n. obs. [Usenet] 1. A bug in some now-obsolete versions of the netnews software that used to eat up to BUFSIZ bytes of the article text.
  The bug was triggered by having the text of the article start with a space or tab....
• voice-net: n. Hackish way of referring to the telephone system, analogizing it to a digital network.
  USENET {sig block}s not uncommonly include the sender's phone next to a "Voice...
• FAQ list: /F-A-Q list/ or /fak list/ [USENET] n. Syn {FAQ}, sense 2.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• board: n. 1. In-context synonym for {bboard}; sometimes used even for USENET newsgroups (but see usage note under {bboard}, sense 1).
  2. An electronic circuit board. -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• anity check: n. 1. The act of checking a piece of code (or anything else, e.
  g., a USENET posting) for completely stupid mistakes....