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Kill file

A kill file (also killfile, bozo bin or twit list) is a file that stores text matching patterns that are used in some Usenet reading programs to filter out (ignore) articles by subject, author, or other header information. Adding a pattern to a kill file results in matching articles being ignored by the person using the newsreader. By extension, the term…

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Kill file

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples6
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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Kill file

Top relations

related to External links · 3
Kill file → Jargon FileKill, Kill, NewsDemon
related to Variations · 3
Kill file → An, Some, Usenet

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Important terminology

file kill articles author ignore usenet ignored feature matching also newsreader rules score killfile list reading subject information person rn

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Kill filerelated to External linksKill0.60section
Kill filerelated to External linksJargon FileKill0.60section
Kill filerelated to External linksNewsDemon0.60section
Kill filerelated to VariationsSome0.60section
Kill filerelated to VariationsAn0.60section
Kill filerelated to VariationsUsenet0.60section

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