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2,387 groups in fido.*

Group ▾	Description	Posts
fido.ger.archimedes		2,323
fido.ger.as400		9
fido.ger.asm86		3
fido.ger.astro		58
fido.ger.astromonie		1
fido.ger.astronomie		4,830
fido.ger.atari	Discussing ATARI Computers (Hardware/Software).	3,994
fido.ger.atari.expert		2
fido.ger.atari_expert		1
fido.ger.atrai		1
fido.ger.auge		227
fido.ger.auto		21,629
fido.ger.autoren		4,203
fido.ger.autos		1
fido.ger.aviation		3,327
fido.ger.b		1
fido.ger.babylon5		1
fido.ger.banken		22
fido.ger.basic		6,008
fido.ger.basketball		2
fido.ger.batch		5
fido.ger.berlin		1
fido.ger.bier		264
fido.ger.biete		2
fido.ger.bildung.history		1
fido.ger.bildung.informatik		5
fido.ger.bildung.jura		1
fido.ger.bildung.latein		1
fido.ger.bildung.studium		16
fido.ger.bildung.urteile		2
fido.ger.binkley		8,086
fido.ger.biologie		18
fido.ger.boerse		7,798
fido.ger.book		4,928
fido.ger.books		2
fido.ger.boote		4
fido.ger.bremen		34
fido.ger.bt		5
fido.ger.btx		12,873
fido.ger.bund		407
fido.ger.bwinf	Bundeswettbewerb Informatik.	8,549
fido.ger.c		2
fido.ger.cadcam		105
fido.ger.camping		47
fido.ger.cannabis		13
fido.ger.cb-funk		24
fido.ger.cc		1
fido.ger.ccc		17,002
fido.ger.ccitt-fax		499
fido.ger.cdrom		232
fido.ger.c-echo		2
fido.ger.c_echo		3,954
fido.ger.cfos_help		648
fido.ger.chauvi		6,004
fido.ger.cheats		3
fido.ger.chemie		4,831
fido.ger.chmemie		1
fido.ger.cis		2
fido.ger.clip		1
fido.ger.clipper		138
fido.ger.cobol		3
fido.ger.comix		1
fido.ger.command+conquer		4
fido.ger.comms		1,009
fido.ger.compilerbau		78
fido.ger.coms		1
fido.ger.concord		2
fido.ger.contact		1
fido.ger.control		411
fido.ger.c_plusplus		5,286
fido.ger.creatix		2
fido.ger.crosspoint		25,231
fido.ger.crosspoint_expert		3
fido.ger.crosstools		8
fido.ger.ct		11,139
fido.ger.ct.mac		10
fido.ger.ct.pc.amiga		12
fido.ger.ct.pc.atari		1
fido.ger.ct.pc.dos		2
fido.ger.ct.pc.hard		25
fido.ger.ct.pc.hardware		2
fido.ger.ct.pruefstand		10
fido.ger.ct.schulen		1
fido.ger.ct.support		88
fido.ger.cyberspace		5
fido.ger.darc		1,564
fido.ger.database		12
fido.ger.dbase		418
fido.ger.dbridge		3
fido.ger.dcc		1
fido.ger.delphi		63
fido.ger.demo		4
fido.ger.demokratie		4
fido.ger.de.sci.medizin.misc		1
fido.ger.desqview		376
fido.ger.deuts		1
fido.ger.deutsch		38
fido.ger.dfue		10,312
fido.ger.doom		4
fido.ger.drachen		8

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