(Network News Transfer Protocol) The protocol used to connect to Usenet groups on the Internet. Usenet newsreaders support the NNTP protocol. See also NTP.
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- Discussion threads 2008-08-23
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- Discussion threads 2008-06-18
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- Software downloads 2008-04-09
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- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
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- Software downloads 2007-12-10
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- Software downloads 2007-06-20
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