Koya University's Department of Software Engineering discusses a document by Kewan S. Salih titled "What is USENET?". The document defines USENET as a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system developed in 1980 at universities in North Carolina and derived from early Unix networking technology. USENET consists of publicly accessible newsgroups on specific topics, with articles transmitted similarly to email between computers using communication protocols.

1. Koya University
Faculty of Engineering
School of Computer
Department of Software Engineering
Open Source Technology
“What is USENET?”
By Kewan S. Salih

2. What is USENET
 Usenet stands for users network
 It is a worldwide distributed Internet discussion system
 Developed in 1980 at the University of North Carolina and Duke University
 Derived from very early Unix networking technology
– “Unix to Unix Copy (UUCP)”
 It is Computers communicate through protocols
 It consists of a set of publicly accessible so-called newsgroupseach of
which deals with a specific topic
 The format and transmission of Usenet articles is similar to that of
Internet e-mail messages
 One of the most common observations about Usenet is that it seems to be
more difficult to use, especially for beginners