: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. Used
esp. in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest
sources group is comp.sources.misc; before the Great Renaming,
it was net.sources."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
non-local groups on the {USENET} had their names changed from
the net.- format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme. Used
esp. in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest
sources group is comp.sources.misc; before the Great Renaming,
it was net.sources."
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- 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.... - net.-: /net dot/ pref. [USENET] Prefix used to describe people and
events related to USENET.
From the time before the {Great Renaming}, when... - net.- /net dot/ pref.
[Usenet] Prefix used to describe
people and events related to Usenet.
From the time before the Great Renaming, when most... - By the time of the Great Renaming, net.suicide, along with net.rumors,
was mainly populated by refugees from net.bizarre,... - sitename: /si:t'naym/ [UNIX/Internet] n. The unique electronic
name of a computer system,
used to identify it in UUCP mail, USENET, or other... - backbone cabal: n. A group of large-site administrators who pushed
through the {Great Renaming} and reined in the chaos of {USENET}
during most of the 1980s.
The cabal {mailing list} disbanded in late 1988... - newgroup wars: /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [USENET] n. The salvos of
dueling `newgroup' and `rmgroup' messages sometimes
exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a
{newsgroup} should be created net-wide,
or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one... - sitename /si:t'naym/ n.
[Unix/Internet] The unique
electronic name of a computer system,
used to identify it in UUCP mail, Usenet, or other... - newgroup wars /n[y]oo'groop worz/ n.
[Usenet] The salvos of
dueling newgroup and rmgroup messages sometimes
exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a
newsgroup should be created net-wide,
or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one...
From the same category:
- I forward my paychecks to my
Sysop... - Ain't nerd-life
grand... - How many
musicians it takes to screw in a light bulb?
Five. One to screw in the light bulb and four to stand... - None love the bearer of bad news
--... - Does anyone have a knife?"
--
Great Quotes of Yule...
