Great Renaming

( n.)

   The  {flag  day}  in 1987 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 esp. in discussing the history of
   newsgroup  names.  "The  oldest  sources  group is comp.sources.misc;
   before  the  Great  Renaming,  it  was net.sources." There is a Great
   Renaming FAQ on the Web.

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {backbone cabal}{flag day}{net.-}]