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- PUBLIC DOMAIN - Public Domain software refers to software that
- can legally be used, altered or distributed free of
- charge.
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- PUBLIC MAIL - Public mail refers to messages which can be read by
- anyone with access to a particular message area.
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- PRIVATE MAIL - Private mail refers to messages which can only be
- read by the person who wrote the message, the person to
- whom the message is addressed and the sysop.
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- PROTOCOL - A file transfer protocol refers to one of several
- different "methods" used for uploading and downloading
- files from a BBS. Common file transfer protocols
- include Xmodem, Ymodem and Zmodem.
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- QUOTING - When replying to a message, it is common to use a
- "quoting" feature on the BBS to quote a portion of the
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