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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
News \News\ (n[=u]z), n [From New; cf. F. nounelles. News is plural in form, but is commonly used with a singular verb.]
1. A report of recent occurrences; information of something that has lately taken place, or of something before unknown; fresh tidings; recent intelligence.
Evil news rides post, while good news baits. --Milton.
2. Something strange or newly happened.
It is no news for the weak and poor to be a prey to the strong and rich. --L'Estrange.
3. A bearer of news; a courier; a newspaper. [Obs.]
There cometh a news thither with his horse. --Pepys.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
news
noun
1: new information about specific and timely events; "they awaited news of the outcome" [syn: {intelligence}, {tidings}, {word}]
2: new information of any kind; "it was news to me"
3: a program devoted to news; "we watch the 7 o'clock news every night" [syn: {news program}, {news show}]
4: information reported in a newspaper or news magazine; "the news of my death was greatly exaggerated"
5: the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" [syn: {newsworthiness}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "news": account, advice, announcement, bulletin, communication, communique, daily, daily newspaper, dirt, dispatch, dope, expose, extra, extra edition, gazette, gossip, hearsay, info, information, intelligence, low-down, lowdown, message, national newspaper, neighborhood newspaper, newscast, newspaper, newspaper of record, paper, poop, press release, rag, report, rumor, scandal, scoop, scuttlebutt, sheet, special, special edition, statement, story, tabloid, talk, tattle, tidings, weekly, weekly newspaper, word
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:
NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ n. [acronym; the 'Network Window System'] The road not taken in window systems, an elegant {{PostScript}}-based environment that would almost certainly have won the standards war with {X} if it hadn't been {proprietary} to Sun Microsystems. There is a lesson here that too many software vendors haven't yet heeded. Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from Usenet news (the {netnews} software).
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
news See {netnews}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
NeWS /nee'wis/, /n[y]oo'is/ or /n[y]ooz/ {Network extensible Window System}. Many hackers insist on the two-syllable pronunciations above as a way of distinguishing NeWS from {news} (the {netnews} software). [{Jargon File}]
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
NEWS Netware Early Warning System (Novell, Netware)
From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
NEWS Networked Extensible Windowing System (Sun), "NeWS"
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