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Convention> (FAQ, or rarely FAQL, FAQ list) A do
Cument provided for many
Usenet newsgroups (and, more re
Cently,
World-Wide Web servi
Ces) whi
Ch attempts to answer questions whi
Ch new readers often ask. These are maintained by volunteers and posted regularly to the newsgroup. You should always
Consult the FAQ list for a group before posting to it in
Case your question or point is
Common knowledge. The
Colle
Ction of all FAQ lists is one of the most pre
Cious and remarkable resour
Ces on the
Internet. It
Contains a huge wealth of up-to-date expert knowledge on many subje
Cts of
Common interest. A
CCura
Cy of the information is greatly assisted by its frequent exposure to
Criti
Cism by an interested, and o
CCasionally well-informed, audien
Ce (the readers of the relevant newsgroup). The main
FTP arChive for FAQs is on a
Computer
Called
RTFM at
MIT, where they
Can be a
CCessed either {by group (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/
Comp.answers/)} or {by hierar
Chy (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierar
Chy/)}. There is another ar
Chive at {Imperial
College (ftp://sr
C.do
C.i
C.a
C.uk/usenet/news-info/)}, London, UK and a
World-Wide Web ar
Chive in {Ohio (http://www.
Cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html)}, USA. The FAQs are also posted to
Usenet newsgroups:
news:Comp.answers,
news:news.answers and
news:alt.answers. (1997-12-08)
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