<glossary id="glossary"> <title >Glossary</title> <glossdiv> <title >A</title > <glossentry id="gloss-article" > <glossterm >Article</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >An <glossterm >article</glossterm > in the sense of newspapers: special <glossterm >articles</glossterm > are, for example, followups; replies are not <glossterm >articles</glossterm > but Email.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv> <glossdiv > <title >C</title > <glossentry id="gloss-cancel"> <glossterm >Cancelling</glossterm> <glossdef> <para >To delete one of your articles from the newsserver: the newsreader generates a special control message to tell the server to delete this article.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="gloss-crossposting"> <glossterm >Crossposting</glossterm > <glossdef> <para >The posting of an article in several newsgroups; this is very often disliked, because it disturbs the topic-oriented association of the newsgroups.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >E</title> <glossentry id="gloss-expire"> <glossterm >Expire</glossterm > <glossdef > <para ><glossterm >Articles</glossterm > can not be held for eternity because of harddisk limits. Because of this there is usually a program called <application >expire</application > on most computer systems; this program deletes all articles which are older than a configured number of days. &knode; includes this functionality on its own.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >F</title > <glossentry id="gloss-faq"> <glossterm ><acronym >FAQ</acronym ></glossterm > <glossdef> <para ><acronym >FAQ</acronym > is the acronym for <quote >Frequently Asked Questions</quote >.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > <glossentry id="gloss-follow-up"> <glossterm >Followup</glossterm> <glossdef > <para >An <glossterm >article</glossterm > which is written as an answer to another <glossterm >article</glossterm >.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >G</title > <glossentry id="gloss-gknsa"> <glossterm ><acronym >GNKSA</acronym ></glossterm> <glossdef> <para ><acronym >GNKSA</acronym > is a kind of seal-of-approval for newsreaders; you can get more information at <ulink url="http://www.gnksa.org" >http://www.gnksa.org</ulink >.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv> <glossdiv > <title >H</title > <glossentry id="gloss-header"> <glossterm >Header</glossterm> <glossdef> <para >The Header of an <glossterm >article</glossterm > contains information about the sender, the subject, and the newsgroup of the article.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >K</title > <glossentry id="gloss-killfile"> <glossterm >Killfile</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >This is a functionality of a newsreader to hide <glossterm >articles</glossterm > of a determined sender or with certain contents.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >M</title > <glossentry id="gloss-message-id"> <glossterm >Message-ID</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >The <glossterm >Message-ID</glossterm > of an article is a clear mark for the newsserver to identify the article. A <glossterm >Message-ID</glossterm > should not be used twice in the whole usenet for about 2 years; wrong or double <glossterm >Message-IDs</glossterm > could cause problems when forwarding them and could overwrite other articles.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry> </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >N</title > <glossentry id="gloss-newbie"> <glossterm >Newbie</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >Somebody who is new somewhere, in relationship to usenet: somebody who is new to the newsgroup, or new to usenet in general.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > <glossentry id="gloss-newsgroup"> <glossterm >Newsgroup</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >A kind-of bulletin board in the usenet about a special topic or a group of topics. This is where you post your <glossterm >articles</glossterm >.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > <glossentry id="gloss-newsreader" > <glossterm >Newsreader</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >A program for reading and writing <glossterm >news</glossterm >.</para > </glossdef > </glossentry > <glossentry id="gloss-nntp" > <glossterm> <acronym ><acronym >NNTP</acronym ></acronym > </glossterm > <glossdef> <para >Network News Transport Protocol; this is the protocol which defines how the articles in the usenet are spread.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >P</title > <glossentry id="gloss-port"> <glossterm >Port</glossterm> <glossdef > <para >A kind-of address for the application to listen for data on and for connecting to another computer; the standard-port for the connection between the newsreader and the newsserver is 119.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > <glossentry id="gloss-pgp-signature"> <glossterm >PGP-Signature</glossterm > <glossdef> <para >A digital signature; you can use it to determine whether the document has been changed since it was signed or if it is the original text from the author.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > <glossentry id="gloss-posting"> <glossterm >Posting</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >Either an <glossterm >article</glossterm > which is sent to usenet or the act of sending itself; you are <quote >posting</quote > an <glossterm >article</glossterm > into a newsgroup.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >Q</title > <glossentry id="gloss-quoting"> <glossterm >Quoting</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >This is the act of citing of an article to which you are answering: you quote the original <glossterm >article</glossterm > to make clear which passages of text your answer refers to.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >R</title > <glossentry id="gloss-reply"> <glossterm >Reply</glossterm > <glossdef > <para >A <glossterm >reply</glossterm > is an answer to the author of an article by e-mail.</para> </glossdef > </glossentry > </glossdiv > <glossdiv > <title >S</title > <glossentry id="gloss-scoring"> <glossterm >Scoring</glossterm> <glossdef> <para >This is the valuation of an article or a thread.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="gloss-signature"> <glossterm >Signature</glossterm> <glossdef> <para >A <glossterm >signature</glossterm > is a personal sign of the author which is attached at the end of the normal contents of the article; it is like a visiting card — very often there are e-mail addresses, a homepage <acronym >URL</acronym > or other personal data. The <glossterm >signature</glossterm > should not be longer than 4 lines. Note that the <glossterm >signature</glossterm > should not be mixed up with the <glossterm >PGP-signature</glossterm >.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> <glossentry id="gloss-supersede"> <glossterm >Supersede</glossterm> <glossdef> <para >This is the overwriting of an existing article: the newsreader generates a special article with a control message in the header which tells the newsserver to overwrite the existing article with this one.</para> </glossdef> </glossentry> </glossdiv> </glossary>