Much serious computer-related work takes place in Usenet discussions. A small number of e-mail discussion groups also exist as Usenet newsgroups. The Usenet newsfeed can be read by a variety of newsreader software programs. Newsreader software gives you access to the newsgroup messages which are stored on a central computer at the University. For example, the Netscape Communicator suite comes with a newsreader program called Messenger.
Newsreaders are also available as standalone products.
FAQ, RFC, FYI FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions. These are periodic postings to Usenet newsgroups that contain a wealth of information related to the topic of the newsgroup. Many FAQs are quite extensive. FAQs are available by subscribing to individual Usenet newsgroups. These are documents created by and distributed to the Internet community to help define the nuts and bolts of the Internet.