Netiquette

The set of manners and unspoken social rules that govern online discussions. Like traditional etiquette, many netiquette rules are a simple application of common sense. Habits such as using appropriate capitalization, punctuation, and paragraph breaks are basic examples of netiquette. If one disregards netiquette, their posts can come across as shouting, or run-together sentences that are difficult to comprehend. Most users that display poor netiquette are swiftly ignored regardless of the content of their posts.

News / Usenet Feed

Any type of service designed specifically to provide Usenet articles.

NNTP

Network News Transfer Protocol. Acronym for the protocol which defines the behavior of Usenet. Along with HTTP, FTP, and SMTP, NNTP is regarded as one of the four pillars of the internet.

Post

A single message on Usenet. In text newsgroups, a post is the same as an article. In binary newsgroups, due to the complexity of binary files, most posts consist of many articles.

Propagation

The process of transferring Usenet articles between servers.

Provider (host)

The company or other entity that provides Usenet connectivity. This can be an ISP, workplace, or university, among other things.