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• Great Renaming n. The flag day in 1987 on which all of the non-local groups on the Usenet had their names changed from the net.
  format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme....
• Great Renaming: n. The {flag day} in 1985 on which all of the non-local groups on the {USENET} had their names changed from the net.
  format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme....
• et.- /net dot/ pref. [Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet.
  From the time before the Great Renaming, when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning `net....
• et.-: /net dot/ pref. [USENET] Prefix used to describe people and events related to USENET.
  From the time before the {Great Renaming}, when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning `net....
• Reading the net is like trying to drink from a firehose.
  Posting to the net is like shouting at people as they go past on a roller coaster....
• oll v.,n. 1. [From the Usenet group alt.folklore.
  urban] To utter a posting on Usenet designed to attract predictable responses or flame...
• Linux Dominates Academic Research A recent survey of colleges and high school reveals that Linux, Open Source Software, and Microsoft are favorite topics for research projects.
  Internet Censorship, a popular topic for the past two years, was supplanted by Biology of Penguins as another of this year's most popular subjects for research papers....
• Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted! prov. [Usenet] Since Usenet first got off the ground in 1980-81, it has grown exponentially, approximately doubling in size every year.
  On the other hand, most people feel the signal-to-noise ratio of Usenet has dropped steadily....
• Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted!: [USENET] prov.
  Since {USENET} first got off the ground in 1980--81, it has grown exponentially, approximately doubling in size every year....