What do the terminologies used in newsgroups mean?
Glossary: As a general rule, it is always better to read the FAQ of each newsgroup before you begin browsing the group. If you are unfamiliar with the meaning of words such as killfile, lurk, newsreader, filter etc in a USENET context – do a bit of reading concerning the terminology before participating. 9.2.1 – fj.life.in-japan This newsgroup is fairly small in terms of the total number of individual posters, but the traffic is reasonably high. Most (though not all) of the posters are foreigners resident in Japan, for many of whom the newsgroup is as much a social or support network as anything else. Discussions can (and usually do) ramble quickly off topic, and the atmosphere can frequently resemble a kind of private club with a lot of “inside jokes”, but there are also frequently absolute gems of information posted if you are patient. A disappointing aspect is that there are very few Japanese people posting to the group. You need to have a reasonably high level of English or Japanes
