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USENET

Usenet (from 'Users' Network') is a distributed bulletin board system supported mainly by UNIX computers. It was originally implemented in 1979-1980 by Steve Bellovin, Jim Ellis, Tom Truscott, and Steve Daniel at Duke University, it quickly grew to become international in scope and is now probably the largest decentralized information utility in existence, with over 20000 discussion groups accessible through the Internet.
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