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== Basic info you should include when adding a file ==
== Basic info you should include when adding a file ==
=== [[AniDB:Ed2k-links|Ed2k-link]] ===
=== [[AniDB:Ed2k-hash|Ed2k-link]] ===
An [[AniDB:Ed2k-links|ed2k-link]] consists of the filename, the file's size and a so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function hash], basically a fingerprint of the file.<br>
An [[AniDB:Ed2k-hash|ed2k-link]] consists of the filename, the file's size and a so-called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hash_function hash], basically a fingerprint of the file.<br>
This assures that no duplicates are added (since they'd have the same hash) and that the size-value is correctly entered. Also important functions in AniDB itself and in [[AOM]] rely on the [[AniDB:Ed2k-links|ed2k-link]] being present.<br>
This assures that no duplicates are added (since they'd have the same hash) and that the size-value is correctly entered. Also important functions in AniDB itself and in [[AOM]] rely on the [[AniDB:Ed2k-hash|ed2k-link]] being present.<br>
Also see [[AniDB:Ed2k-links#Which software can be used to generate them?!|How to generate ed2k-links]].
Also see [[AniDB:Ed2k-hash#Which software can be used to generate them?!|How to generate ed2k-links]].


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