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distribution n.
1. A software source tree packaged for
distribution; but see kit. Since about 1996 unqualified use
of this term often implies `Linux distribution'. The short
form distro is often used for this sense. 2. A vague term
encompassing mailing lists and Usenet newsgroups (but not BBS
fora); any topic-oriented message channel with multiple
recipients. 3. An information-space domain (usually loosely
correlated with geography) to which propagation of a Usenet message
is restricted; a much-underutilized feature.
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