1. Great Renaming history> The flag day in 1986 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 especially in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest sources group is comp. sources. misc; before the Great Renaming, it was net. sources. " FAQ http://www. vrx. net/usenet/history/rename. html. [Jargon File]
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