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Usenet vs Bitnet - What's the difference?

usenet | bitnet | see also |

As proper nouns the difference between usenet and bitnet

is that usenet is a world-wide distributed discussion system consisting of newsgroups classified hierarchically by subject while BITNET is an early North American academic computer network, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.

usenet

English

(wikipedia Usenet)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Internet) A world-wide distributed discussion system consisting of newsgroups classified hierarchically by subject.

    • See also

    *

    bitnet

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun) (wikipedia BITNET)
  • An early North American academic computer network, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.

    • See also

    * Usenet