2 definitions
for news reader
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
news reader
n : someone who reads out broadcast news bulletin [syn: newsreader]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
news reader
A browser program which enables a user to read
articles posted to Usenet. Articles may be stored in a
local (or NFS-mounted) spool directory, or retrieved via
NNTP.
Examples are rn, GNUS, and nn.
(1996-04-09)