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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>FidoNet</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../F.html" title="F"/><link rel="previous" href="fiber-seeking-backhoe.html" title="fiber-seeking backhoe"/><link rel="next" href="field-circus.html" title="field circus"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">FidoNet</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fiber-seeking-backhoe.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">F</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="field-circus.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="FidoNet"/><dt xmlns="" id="FidoNet"><b>FidoNet</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A worldwide hobbyist network of personal computers which exchanges
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mail, discussion groups, and files. Founded in 1984 and originally
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consisting only of IBM PCs and compatibles, FidoNet now includes such
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diverse machines as Apple ][s, Ataris, Amigas, and Unix systems. For years
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FidoNet actually grew faster than Usenet, but the advent of cheap Internet
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access probably means its days are numbered. FidoNet's site count has
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dropped from 38K nodes in 1996 through 15K nodes in 2001 to 10K nodes in
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late 2003, and most of those are probably single-user machines rather than
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the thriving BBSes of yore.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="fiber-seeking-backhoe.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../F.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="field-circus.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">fiber-seeking backhoe </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> field circus</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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