newsgroup

Etymology

From news +‎ group.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

newsgroup (plural newsgroups)

1. A repository on a computer network where people can post messages, usually about a single subject.
   • 2003, Sven Junghagen, Henrik C. J. Linderoth, Intelligent Management in the Knowledge Economy:

     Some of the users are 'old timers'; they have been around in the newsgroup for several years […]

See also

• Usenet

Anagrams

• newgroups