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      3. How are the Individual articles distributed in a system of discussion groups?
      4. Is the Usenet a large collection of discussion groups involving millions of people?
      5. How are the individual contributions called within each news groups?
      6. Who controls news feed in the Usenet?

      VI. Translate the following adverbs and form the adjectives.
      literally
      definitely
      probably
      virtually
      similarly
      usually
      typically
      universally

      VII. Think and say:
      A) Define Usenet. B) Speak about numerous discussion groups Usenet has. C) Ponder over
the idea of Usenet’s two “not” aspects.




LESSON 9

                                      ANONYMOUS FTP

       The FTP (File transfer Protocol) service allows you to copy files from one computer to
another. Anonymous FTP is a system in which an organization makes certain files available to
the general public. You can access such a computer by using a userid of anonymous. No special
password is required. It is one of the most important Internet services. Virtually every possible
type of data is stored somewhere, on some computer, and it is all available to you for free.
       You can find electronic magazines, archives of Usenet discussion groups, technical documen-
tation, and much more via Anonymous FTP. So, you depend heavily on this anonymous protocol.

                                      ARCHIE SERVERS

       Thousands of Anonymous FTP servers around the world offer a vast number of files. The role
of the Archie servers is to make the whole system manageable by helping you to find what you need.
       The name Archie was coined from the idea of an “archive/server”.
       Suppose you want a particular file, for instance, a program you have heard about. You can
use an Archie server to tell you what Anonymous FTP sites store that file. If you know the
names of the sites, it is a simple matter to use FTP and download the file.

                                       WAIS SERVERS

       The name “Wais” stands for “Wide Area Information Service” and is pronounced “Wayz”.
It is another method of finding information spreading around the Internet. Wais is able to access
any of a large number of databases. Then, you specify a list of one or more keywords to search
for. Wais will search every word in every article in all the databases that you specify.
       As a result of a Wais search there appears a list of the articles, which are culled from the
various databases that are likely to be of interest to you. Then, Wais presents them as menu.
From this list you can ask Wais to display whichever articles take your fancy. As a Gopher, a
Wais nowadays is obsolete.
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