GREAT RENAMING


Meaning of GREAT RENAMING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ n. ]

The flag day in 1987 on which all of the non-local groups on the Usenet had their names changed from the net.- format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme. Used esp. in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest sources group is comp.sources.misc ; before the Great Renaming, it was net.sources ." There is a Great Renaming FAQ on the Web.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.