List of Active Newsgroups

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From: alice!sjb
Date: Sun Dec  5 05:18:11 1982
Subject: List of Active Newsgroups
Posted: Sat Dec  4 10:10:08 1982
Received: Sun Dec  5 05:18:11 1982

The following is a list of currently active USENET newsgroups as of
4 December, 1982.  There are two basic subcategories of netwide
newsgroups:  net.all and fa.all.  net.all consists of USENET
bulletin board newsgroups that are circulated around the entire
net; fa.all is a set of groups that are gatewayed to USENET
from the ARPANET.  The fa.all groups consist of mainly digests,
though there are some bulletin boards.  Some of the net.all and
fa.all groups are gatewayed between the networks, i.e. items
submitted from the ARPA side to the digest are split up and
submitted to the USENET group, while articles submitted on the
USENET side are bundled up and submitted to the digest.  To post to
fa.all groups, send mail back along the return address found
in the From line of the articles.  There are other subcategories,
but they are local, local to institutions, local to geographic
regions, etc. and are not listed here.  Please report any
corrections, additions, etc. to this list to me.

Adam Buchsbaum
research!sjb
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Newsgroup		Description
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net.adm.site		Automatic maintenance of the USENET directory.
			Currently not used.
net.applic		Applicative language and related architecture.
net.arch		Computer architecture.
net.audio		Info and discussions on high fidelity audio.
net.auto		Info and discussions on automobiles.
net.aviation		Info and discussions on aviation.
net.bugs		General bug reports and fixes.
	net.bugs.2bsd		Subgroup for UNIX* version 2BSD related bugs.
	net.bugs.4bsd		Subgroup for UNIX version 4BSD related bugs.
	net.bugs.usg		Subgroup for USG (System III, IV, etc.) bugs.
	net.bugs.uucp		Subgroup for UUCP related bugs.
	net.bugs.v7		Subgroup for UNIX V7 related bugs.
net.chess		Chess and computer chess.
net.columbia		Discussions and news wire items on the space
			shuttle and the STS program.
net.cooks		Cooking, cookbooks, and recipes.
net.cse			Computer science education.
net.cycle		Info and discussions on motorcycles.
net.dcom		Info and discussions on data communications.
net.eunice		Info and discussions on the SRI Eunice system.
net.flame		For flaming on any topic.
net.followup		Followups to articles in net.general.
net.games		Games and computer games.
	net.games.emp		Subgroup for Empire.
	net.games.frp		Subgroup for Fantasy Role Playing games.
	net.games.pacman	Subgroup for Pacman.
	net.games.pbm		Subgroup for Play by Mail games.
	net.games.rogue		Subgroup for Rogue.
	net.games.trivia	Subgroup for trivia.
	net.games.video		Subgroup for video games.
net.general		General queries, requests, announcements, etc.
net.ham-radio		Info and discussions on Amateur Radio.
net.invest		Info and discussions on investments.
net.jobs		Job announcements, requests, etc.
net.jokes		Jokes and the like.  May be slightly offensive.
	net.jokes.d		Subgroup for discussions on the content
				on net.jokes.
net.lan			Info and discussions on local area networks.
net.lang		Discussions on computer languages.
	net.lang.ada		Subgroup for ADA.
	net.lang.apl		Subgroup for APL.
	net.lang.c		Subgroup for C.
	net.lang.lisp		Subgroup for LISP.
	net.lang.pascal		Subgroup for PASCAL.
	net.lang.prolog		Subgroup for PROLOG.
	net.lang.st80		Subgroup for Smalltalk 80.
net.lsi			Discussions on large scale integrated circuits.
net.mail		Info and discussions on the proposed new mail
			standards.
net.math		Mathematical discussions and puzzles.
net.micro		Info and discussions on micro computers.
	net.micro.432		Subgroup for 432's.
	net.micro.68k		Subgroup for 68k's.
	net.micro.atari		Subgroup for Atari's.
	net.micro.pc		Subgroup for IBM personal computers.
	net.micro.zx		Subgroup for zx's.
net.misc		Miscellaneous discussions too short lived for
			their own groups.
net.movies		Reviews and discussions of movies.
net.music		Music lovers' group.
net.news		Discussions of USENET itself.
	net.news.b		Subgroup for B news software.
	net.news.config		Subgroup for posting of computer down times
				and network interruptions.
	net.news.group		Subgroup for discussions and lists of
				newsgroups.
	net.news.map		Subgroup for maps.
	net.news.newsite	Subgroup for new site announcements.
net.nlang		Discussions on ''natural languages''
net.notes		For the notesfile software from the University
			of Illinois.
net.periphs		Info and discussions on peripheral devices.
net.physics		Discussions on physics.
net.poems		For the posting of poems.
net.politics		Discussions on politics.  Could get hot.
net.railroad		Info on railroads.
net.rec			Info and discussions on recreational sports.
	net.rec.birds		Subgroup for bird watching.
	net.rec.boat		Subgroup for boating.
	net.rec.bridge		Subgroup for bridge.
	net.rec.caves		Subgroup for caving.
	net.rec.coins		Subgroup for coin collecting.
	net.rec.photo		Subgroup for photography.
	net.rec.scuba		Subgroup for SCUBA diving.
	net.rec.ski		Subgroup for skiing.
	net.rec.skydive		Subgroup for skydiving.
net.records		Info and discussions on records.
net.rumor		For the posting of rumors.
net.sf-lovers		Science fiction lovers' newsgroup.
net.singles		Newsgroup for single people, their activities, etc.
net.social		Like net.singles, but for everyone.
net.sources		For the posting of software packages.
net.space		Info and discussions on space, space programs, space
			related research, etc.
net.sport		Info and discussions on spectator sports.
	net.sport.baseball	Subgroup for baseball.
	net.sport.football	Subgroup for football.
	net.sport.hockey	Subgroup for hockey.
net.startrek		Info and discussions on Star Trek.
net.suicide		Info and discussions on suicide.
net.taxes		Info and discussions on taxes.
net.test		For testing of network software.  Very boring.
net.travel		Info and discussions on traveling.
net.tv			Info and discussions on the boob tube.
net.ucds		Info and discussions on the UCDS circuit drawing
			system.
net.unix-wizards	Discussions, bug reports, and fixes on and
			for UNIX.  Not for the weak of heart.
net.usenix		Info and discussions on the USENIX Association.
net.usoft		Info and discussions on general software packages.
	net.usoft.s		Subgroup for the S Statistical Package.
net.video		Info and discussions on video and video components.
net.wanted		Requests for things that are needed, e.g. device
			drivers, pointers to people, etc.
net.wobegon		Info and discussions on that radio show.
net.works		Info and discussions on workstations.
fa.arms-d		Arms discussion digest.
fa.arpa-bboard		ARPANET bulletin board.
fa.bitgraph		Info and discussions on the BBN bitgraph terminal.
fa.digest-p		Digest-people digest.
fa.editor-p		Editor-people digest.
fa.energy		Info and discussions on energy.
fa.human-nets		Info and discussions on computer aided communications.
fa.info-cpm		Info and discussions on CPM's.
fa.info-terms		Info and discussions on terminals.
fa.info-vax		Info and discussions on DEC's* VAX* line of computers.
fa.info-vlsi		Info and discussions on very large scale integrated
			circuits.
fa.poli-sci		Info and discussions on politics and/versus science.
fa.sf-lovers		Science fiction lovers' digest.
			space related research, etc.
fa.tcp-ip		Info and discussions on the TCP and IP network
			protocols.
fa.telecom		Telecommunications digest.
fa.teletext		Info and discussions on teletext.

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* UNIX is a Trademark of Bell Laboratories.
* DEC is a Trademark of the Digital Equipment Corporation.
* VAX is a Trademark of the Digital Equipment Corporation.