| word looked up : | home / archive |
Computer clusterA computer cluster is a group of connected computers to work together as a parallel computer. One of the more popular implementations is a cluster with nodes running Linux as the OS, and Beowulf software (both free software) to implement the parallelism.Clusters were originally developed by DEC in the 1980s. They not only support parallel computing, but shared file systems and peripheral devices.
There are dozens of software packages used at various sites to
be called ``the Usenet software.''
Software designed to support Usenet traffic can be (and is) used for
Such private communication networks are typically kept distinct from
universally-recognized ones.
Usenet is not a UUCP network.
UUCP is a protocol.html">protocol (some might say protocol suite, but that's a
typically using dialup modems. Usenet is only one of the various
transports carrying Usenet traffic.
Well, enough negativity.
Propagation of News
In the old days, when UUCP over long-distance.html">distance.html">distance dialup lines was the
had re/real.html">real influence in determining which newsgroups would be carried
has connectivity the likes of which the backbone admin of yesteryear
long-distance calls and high-speed modems has made long-distance
pre-eminent UUCP transport site today in the U.S., namely UUNET. But
refuses any traffic---it gets paid by the minute, after all; to
enhanced service provider.
All of the above applies to the U.S. In Europe, different cost
organizations with central registries. This is all very unlike the
feed, you're on). Europe's ``benign monopolies'', long uncontested,
U.S. model.
Group Creation
As discussed above, Usenet is not a democracy. Nevertheless,
``vote'' to determine popular support for (and opposition to) a
guidelines on the process involved in making a newsgroup.html">newsgroup.
If you follow the guidelines, it is probable that your group will be
Usenet, there is no way for any user to enforce the results of a
for your new newsgroup to be propagated widely, you must not only
. All is still licensed under the GNU FDL.
|
|
|||||