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Also known as: Network News Transfer Protocol
Short for Network News Transfer Protocol, the TCP-based protocol that moves Usenet articles between servers and between a server and a newsreader. Defined in RFC 977 in 1986 and rewritten as RFC 3977 in 2006, it uses plain text commands such as GROUP, ARTICLE and POST, each answered by a three-digit response code. Every newsreader and download client speaks it.
Browse all terms in Protocol & Server Infrastructure, or see the full Usenet glossary.