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tutorial 7
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Computer Science
9th Grade
05/08/2006

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administrative address
Definition
in a mailing lsit, the e-mail address which you send commands, such as the address that you can use to subscribe to a list.
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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 newgroup
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closed list
Definition
a mailing list in which the list's administrator apporves requests for a membership
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command
Definition
in a mailing list, a request for the list server to take a prescribed action
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discussion group
Definition
a e-mail address that represents a group of individual e-mail addresses
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distributed databased
Definition
a database that is stored in mutilple physical locations, with portions of the data base replicated in different 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 catagory. also known as a forum or an internet dicusssion group.
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internet discussion group
Definition
a usenet topic catagory. also known as a forum or an internet dicusssion group.
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list address
Definition
an e-mail address to which you send articles and replies ina mailing lsit. also called a lis name
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list administrator
Definition
in a closed mailing list, the person assigned to oversee the mailing list and authorized to accept or reject requests to join the mialing list from prospectove members
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list moderator
Definition
the person who moderates a mailing list to ensure that the list always receives and sends appropriate and relevant info to its memebers
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list name
Definition
an e-mail address to which you send articles and replies ina mailing lsit. also called a lis name
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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 automaitically manages users' requests to join or leave and receives ans reroutes mail messages posted to the list
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lurking
Definition
the process of observing messages posted to a mailing list, newspaper, or chatroom without contributing to the dicussion
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mailing list
Definition
an e-mail address the represents a group of individual e-mail addresses
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message
Definition
an e-mail message posted to a mailing list
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message digest
Definition
a single message sent from a mailing list the contains a collection of messages posted at the mailing list, therby reducing the overall number of message a list memeber recieves from the mailing list
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moderated list
Definition
a mailing list that has a list modorator wh is responosble for discarding and messages that rae inappropriate for the irrelevant to the list' members
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(NNTP)
Definition
network news transfer protocal
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new administrator
Definition
the person at a news sever site who specifies which other news servers will be newsfeed poviders and newsfeed recipient
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news sever
Definition
tbe server that stores a newsgroup; the collection of news servers connected to the intenet thatmakes up usenet
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newsfeed
Definition
the process of storing `and fowarding newsgroups atricles to maintain the currency of newsgroup article inventories
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newsgroup
Definition
the usenet topic catagory also known as a forum or an internet dicussion group
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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 joinging a mailing list
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thread
Definition
a series of messages in a mialinglist or newsgroup that are replies to a single, origonal message posted to the list or newsgroup
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unmoderated list
Definition
mailing list in which there is no moderator; message are sent to list members automatically
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unsubscribe
Definition
the process of canceling your memebership in a mailing list, thereby stopping the delivery of messages to you.
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Usenet
Definition
a network that allows user to post info and response to that info. the network predates the internet, but is now avalible through the internet
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user new network(usenet) newsgroup
Definition
a network that allows user to post info and response to that info. the network predates the internet, but is now avalible through the internet
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