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newsservers

newsservers is the plural of newsserver.

Meaning of newsserver

Noun

newsserver (plural newsservers)

  1. (Internet) A server for newsgroups.
    • Support host names on the right hand side of the ';' in the NEWSSERVER environment variable. If you have NEWSSERVER set to ';foo', then the network address of ``foo will be looked up, and the /etc/services file will be consulted for a ``NeWS service.1987 June 7, s...@pixar.uucp, “patches to psterm and libcps”, in comp.windows.news (Usenet), archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025

Questions about newsservers

What is newsservers the plural of?
Newsservers is the plural of newsserver.

Words near newsservers in the dictionary

  1. newsrooms
  2. newsroomwide
  3. newsround
  4. newsrounds
  5. newsserver
  6. newsservers
  7. newssheet
  8. newssheets
  9. newsstand
  10. newsstands
  11. newsstore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: newsservers (page history and authors); newsserver (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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