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The major set of worldwide newsgroups is contained within nine hierarchies, eight
of which are operated under consensual guidelines that govern their administration and
naming. The current eight are:
- alt. hierarchy is not subject to the procedures
controlling groups in the eight hierarchies, and it is as a result less organized.
However, groups in the alt.* hierarchy tend to be more specialized or specific, for
example, there might be a newsgroup under the Big Eight which contains discussions about
children's books, but a group in the alt hierarchy may be dedicated to one specific author
of children's books. Binaries are posted in alt.binaries.*, making it the largest and most
popular of all the hierarchies.
- comp. computer-related discussions (comp.software,
comp.sys.amiga)
- humanities.*: Fine arts, literature, and philosophy
(humanities.classics, humanities.design.misc)
- misc. Miscellaneous topics (misc.education,
misc.forsale, misc.kids)
- news. Discussions and announcements about news
(meaning Usenet, not current events) (news.groups, news.admin)
- rec. Recreation and entertainment (rec.music,
rec.arts.movies)
- sci. Science related discussions (sci.psychology,
sci.research)
- soc. Social discussions (soc.college.org,
soc.culture.african)
- alk. Talk about various controversial topics
(talk.religion, talk.politics, talk.origins
Many other hierarchies of newsgroups are distributed alongside these. Regional and
language-specific hierarchies such as japan.*, malta.* and ne.* serve specific regions
such as Japan, Malta and New England. Companies such as Microsoft administer their own
hierarchies to discuss their products and offer community technical support. Some users
prefer to use the term "Usenet" to refer only to the Big Eight hierarchies;
others include alt as well. The more general term "netnews" incorporates the
entire medium, including private organizational news systems.
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