Great Renaming

Usenet, 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 .

[Jargon File]

(2000-07-14)