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Found 2 definitions

  1.                 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
                    

    netnews news

    /net'n[y]ooz/ 1. The software that makes Usenet run.

    2. The content of Usenet. "I read netnews right after my mail most mornings."

    [Jargon File]

    (1994-12-14)

  2.                 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
                    

    NeWS

    /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ Network extensible Window System.

    Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from news (the netnews software).

    [Jargon File]