NEWSGROUP CATEGORIES

There are tens or thousands of newsgroup on the internet. the groups are divided into categories and subcategories. A single newsgroup’s name generally follows the pattern:

Category.subcategory.sub-subcategory

For example, the newsgroups alt.animals.dogs is a newsgroup where people who are interested in dogs can gather. Vevn more specifically, alt.animals.dogs. obedience is where people are interested in dog obedience  can gather. There are thousands of categories out there.


Some of the widely used categories are listed in table:


NEWSGROUP, CATEGORIES,DESCRIPTION,AND NAMES:
MAIN CATEGORY                       DESCRIPTION                                                SAMPLE NESGROUP NAMES
ALT                                                   Alternative lifestyle and topics                   alt.astrology.metapsyche     Alt.beer
                                                                                                                                                                       
Bionet                                       biology                                                                bionet.genome  bionet.jobs.offered                                            
                                                                                                                                     
Biz                                                    business                                                              biz.marketplace  biz.entreprenuers
Comp                                              computers                                                          comp.graphics  comp.internet
Law                                                  lagal matters                                                      law.court.federal   law.school.crim
Misc                                                 miscellaneous                                                   misc.activism   misc.computers.forsale

News                                              usenet news network                                   news.newuser
Rec                                                   recreqation                                                        rec.sport.football  rec.photo.digital
Sci                                                     social issues                                                        soc.culture.huwaii  soc.goneology

Talk                                                  debates and opinions                                    talk.bizarre talk.politics

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