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Marion Marshall on Dec 9th, 2011
SFV stands for Simple File Verification and provides you with a way to make sure that the file you downloaded is not damaged. Learn about SFV in this article.
By:
Marion Marshall on Nov 7th, 2011
When you connect to the USENET system, you connect with a news reader. This is a specific piece of software that allows you to hook into what is usually termed the server's news feed. It provides the means by which you download articles, download attachments and by which you upload both of those items, as well.
By:
Marion Marshall on Oct 18th, 2011
On Usenet, the largest categories of information are referred to as hierarchies. These hierarchies let you know what type of information is contained in the newsgroup in the broadest terms.
By:
Marion Marshall on Oct 4th, 2011
Once Usenet became available to the general public in the 1980s, the amount of discussions increased very rapidly. Because of the broad number of topics being discussed, there needed to be some sort of organizational scheme.