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  2.                            WWIV<->Usenet Dictionary
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  5. The following terms aren't exact equivalents in every case. You should
  6. be able to get a general idea of the meaning, however.
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  8. WWIV term                       Usenet term
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  10. connect                         feed
  11. node                            site
  12. end node, dead-end node         leaf site
  13. netsub                          newsgroup, mailing list
  14. sysop, #1 account               root, postmaster, sysadmin
  15. netserver                       backbone site
  16. subtype                         newsgroup name, mailing list name
  17. sub host                        newsgroup moderator, mailing list maintainer
  18. tagline                         signature
  19. packet                          batched news
  20. Wayne Bell                      Gene Spafford
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