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A newsreader is a software application that reads articles on Usenet distributed throughout newsgroups. [1] Newsreaders act as clients which connect to a news server , via the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP), to download articles and post new articles. [ 2 ]
A newsreader, also known as a news client, is a software application that reads articles on Usenet, either directly from the news server's disks or via the NNTP. The well-known TCP port 119 is reserved for NNTP. Well-known TCP port 433 (NNSP) may be used when doing a bulk transfer of articles from one server to another.
[57] [58] On February 4, 2011, the Usenet news service link at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (news.unc.edu) was retired after 32 years. [citation needed] In response, John Biggs of TechCrunch said "As long as there are folks who think a command line is better than a mouse, the original text-only social network will live on". [59]
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.
Also newsreader, newscaster, news anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman, or simply anchor. A person who reads or presents news during a news program on television, on the radio, or on the Internet. News presenters are often also working journalists, assisting in the collection of news material and providing commentary during the program. news values
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It is based on the TASS newsreader, whose source code had been posted in 1991 on Usenet by Rich Skrenta. [4] The work on tin was begun shortly afterward by Iain Lea, [5] who provided information for the IETF RFC 2980. [6] [7] Since 1996, tin has been maintained by Urs Janßen. The program is generally compared with trn or nn.
Newsreader can refer to: Newsreader (Usenet), a computer program for reading Usenet newsgroups; Newsreaders, a television series on Adult Swim; News presenter, a person that presents a news show on television, radio or the Internet; News aggregator, a computer program for syndicated Web content supplied in the form of a web feed