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Newsgroups generally come in either of two types, binary or text. There is no technical difference between the two, but the naming differentiation allows users and servers with limited facilities to minimize network bandwidth usage.
alt.binaries.slack — artwork created by and for the Church of the SubGenius. alt.config — creation of new newsgroups in the alt.* hierarchy. alt.sex — the first alt.* newsgroup for discussion of sexual topics. alt.sex.stories — text-based erotic stories of all types. alt.suicide.holiday — pro-choice discussion of suicide.
Binary newsgroups are only able to function reliably if there is sufficient storage allocated to handle the amount of articles being added. Without sufficient retention time, a reader will be unable to download all parts of the binary before it is flushed out of the group's storage allocation.
The alt.* hierarchy is a major class of newsgroups in Usenet, containing all newsgroups whose name begins with "alt.", organized hierarchically. The alt.* hierarchy is not confined to newsgroups of any specific subject or type, although in practice more formally organized groups tend not to occur in alt.*.
Traditional newsreader – a newsreader with text support that can also handle binary attachments, though sometimes less efficiently than more specialized clients Binary grabber/plucker – designed specifically for easy and efficient downloading of multi-part binary post attachments; limited or nonexistent reading/posting ability.
Binary downloaders Although Usenet originally started as a text-based messaging system without any file attachment ability, many Usenet users today do not participate in discussion groups, as was common during the 1980s and 1990s and only use newsgroups for downloading files such as music, movies, pornography, software and games. Therefore ...
Newsgroups – a list of one or more newsgroups where the article is intended to appear; Distribution – (optional) a supplement to Newsgroups, used to restrict circulation of articles. Date – the time when the article was created; Path – a list of the servers an article passed through on its way to the local server
Usenet newsgroups are traditionally accessed by a newsreader. The user must obtain a news server account and a newsgroup reader. With Web-based Usenet, all of the technical aspects of setting up an account and retrieving content are alleviated by allowing access with one account. The content is made available for viewing via any Web browser.