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  frequently asked question
       
           (FAQ, or rarely FAQL, FAQ list) A document
          provided for many Usenet newsgroups (and, more recently,
          World-Wide Web services) which attempts to answer questions
          which new readers often ask.  These are maintained by
          volunteers and posted regularly to the newsgroup.  You should
          always consult the FAQ list for a group before posting to it
          in case your question or point is common knowledge.
       
          The collection of all FAQ lists is one of the most precious
          and remarkable resources on the Internet.  It contains a
          huge wealth of up-to-date expert knowledge on many subjects of
          common interest.  Accuracy of the information is greatly
          assisted by its frequent exposure to criticism by an
          interested, and occasionally well-informed, audience (the
          readers of the relevant newsgroup).
       
          The main FTP archive for FAQs is on a computer called RTFM
          at MIT, where they can be accessed either by group
          ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/comp.answers/)" rel="nofollow">(ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/comp.answers/) or by
          ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/)" rel="nofollow">hierarchy (ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/).
          There is another archive at Imperial College
          ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/)" rel="nofollow">(ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/usenet/news-info/), London, UK and a
          World-Wide Web archive in Ohio
          http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html)" rel="nofollow">(http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/top.html),
          USA.
       
          The FAQs are also posted to Usenet newsgroups:
          news:comp.answers, news:news.answers and
          news:alt.answers.
       
          (1997-12-08)