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Tutorial 7 Terms
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12th Grade
05/08/2006

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administrative address
Definition
In a mailing list, the e-mail address to which you send commands
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archive
Definition
a collection of messages posted to a mailing list
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article
Definition
a message posted in a newsgroup
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closed list
Definition
a mailing list in which the list's administrator approves rewuests for membership
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command
Definition
in a mailing list, a request for the list server to make a prescribed action
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discussion group
Definition
a group that shares a similar interest
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distributed database
Definition
a database that is stored in multiple physical locations
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e-mail list software
Definition
software that runs on a server that manages and automates the functions of a mailing list
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forum
Definition
A usenet topic category
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Internet Discussion Group
Definition
A usenet topic category
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list address
Definition
the e-mail address to which you send articles and replies in a mailing list
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list administrator
Definition
In a closed mailing list, the person assigned to oversee athe mailing list and who is authorized to accept or reject request to join the mailing list from prospective members
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list moderator
Definition
The person who moderates a mailing list to ensure that the list always recieves and sends appropriate and relevent information
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list name
Definition
The e-mail address to which you send article and replies in a mailing list
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list owner
Definition
The administrator who controls a mailing list
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list server
Definition
A server that runs e-mail list software that automatically manages users' requests to join or leave a list and recieves and rerouts mail messages posted to the list
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lurking
Definition
The process of observing messages posted to a mailing list, newsgroup, or chat room without contributing to the discussion.
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mailing list
Definition
An e-mail address that represents a group of individual e-mail addresses
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message
Definition
An e-mail message posted to a mailig list
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message digest
Definition
A single message sent from a mailing list that contains a collection of messages posted at the mailing list, thereby reducing the overall number of messages a list member recieves from the mailing list
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moderated list
Definition
A mailing list that has a list moderator who is responsible for discarding any messages that are inappropriate for or irrelevent to the list's members
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NNTP
Definition
Network News Transfer Protocol
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news administrator
Definition
The person at a news server site who specifies which other news servers will be newsfeed providers and newsfeed recipients.
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news server
Definition
The server that stores a news group
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newsfeed
Definition
The process of storing and forwarding newsgroup articles to maintain the currency of newsgroup article inventories
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newsgroup
Definition
a Usenettopic category
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newsreader
Definition
A program that handles the communication between a client and a news server
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open list
Definition
A mailing list in which membership is automatic
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posting
Definition
The act of sending a message to a mailing list
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subscribe
Definition
The act of joining a mailing list
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thread
Definition
A series of messages in a mailing list or newsgroup that are replies to a single, original message posted to the list or newsgroup
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unmoderated list
Definition
A mailing list in which there is no moderator
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unsubscribe
Definition
The process of cancelling your membership in a mailing list, thereby stopping the delivery of messages to you
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Usenet
Definition
bs
Term
Usenet News Service
Definition
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