Most newsgroups maintain a FAQ, regurlarly posted to the group.
A FAQ is a list of Frequently Asked Questions (with answers) typically asked in a specific newsgroup.
The easiest way of accessing the news FAQs is to use the World Wide Web (discussed later) using URL
http://www.sao.nrc.ca(this is the default homepage for many Science Institute SGI servers) and go to
General UNIX information and FAQ's