A Web document can contain text, images, sounds, and videos. However, the most powerful aspect of Web documents is the hypertext linking. Usenet News Usenet News is a service on the Internet that provides you access to electronic discussions on a variety of topics. Groups dedicated to various subjects or topics can be used for networking contacts, watching industry trends, current infromation and more specific job listings. Electronic Discussion Lists are often professional in nature and one must subscribe to a list to participate.
Discussion is generally more formal than newsgroups.
These lists are good networking contacts and sources of professional trends and developments. Telnet Sites Tenet is a program that allows you to directly access computers on the Internet. It can be helpful when the site that you want to connect to is a site that is not accessible via the Web or Gopher. You may need an account to access some telnet sites. Free-nets are particularly good resources for regional information.