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• disclaimer n. [Usenet] Statement ritually appended to many Usenet postings (sometimes automatically
  by the posting software) reiterating the fact (which should be obvious, but is easily forgotten) that the article reflects its author's opinions and not necessarily those of the organization running the machine through which the article entered the network....
• ewsgroup: [USENET] n. One of {USENET}'s huge collection of topic groups or {fora}.
  Usenet groups can be `unmoderated' (anyone can post) or `moderated' (submissions are automatically directed to a moderator, who edits or filters and then posts the results)....
• doubled sig: [USENET] n. A {sig block} that has been included twice in a {USENET} article or, less commonly, in an electronic mail message.
  An article or message with a doubled sig can be caused by improperly configured software....
• TM): // [USENET] ASCII rendition of the trademark-superscript symbol appended to phrases that the author feels should be recorded for posterity, perhaps in future editions of this lexicon.
  Sometimes used ironically as a form of protest against the recent spate of software and algorithm patents and `look and feel' lawsuits....
• hread: n. [USENET, GEnie, CompuServe] Common abbreviation of `topic thread', a more or less continuous chain of postings on a single topic.
  To `follow a thread' is to read a series of USENET postings sharing a common subject or (more correctly) which are connected by Reference headers....
• cross-post: [USENET] vi. To post a single article simultaneously to several newsgroups.
  Distinguished from posting the article repeatedly, once to each newsgroup, which causes people to see it multiple times (which is very bad form)....
• kremvax /krem-vaks/ n. [from the then large number of Usenet VAXen with names of the form foovax] Originally
  a fictitious Usenet site at the Kremlin, announced on April 1, 1984 in a posting ostensibly originated there by Soviet leader Konstantin Chernenko....
• et.police: /net-p*-lees'/ n. (var. `net.cops') Those USENET readers who feel it is their responsibility to pounce on and {flame} any posting which they regard as offensive or in violation of their understanding of {netiquette}.
  Generally used sarcastically or pejoratively. Also spelled `net police'....
• pelling flame: [USENET] n. A posting ostentatiously correcting a previous article's spelling as a way of casting scorn on the point the article was trying to make
  instead of actually responding to that point (compare {dictionary flame})....