FileSharing The Official Scene Dictionary

0sec:
As in 0sec access to a release. Means someone has access to a release immediately after it's pred.

0hour:
As in 0hour access to a release. Means someone has access to a release within an hour after it was pred.

0day [1]:
As in 0day access to a release. Means someone has access to a release within a day after it was pred.

0day [2]:
As in 0day which refers to software, videos, music, or information released or obtained on the day of public release.

1080i:
The number 1080 stands for 1080 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter i stands for interlaced or non-progressive scan. 1080i is considered to be an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 1920 pixels and a frame resolution of 1920 × 1080 or about 2.07 million pixels, and a field resolution of 1920 × 1080 / 2 (because it's interlaced) or about 1.04 million pixels. The field rate (not the frame rate) in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter i.

1080p:
The number 1080 stands for 1080 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter p stands for progressive scan or non-interlaced. 1080p is considered to be an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 1920 dots across and a frame resolution of 1920 × 1080 or about 2.07 million pixels. The frame rate in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p (such as 1080p30, meaning 30 frames per second).

1337:
Leetspeak (1337) is a digital language used by gamers but it's also in the scene.

256MS, 512MS, 1GB and 2GB:
These tags only apply to PSP releases, and they show the required size of an UMD disc. UMD discs can contain up to 2 gigabytes. When a game is 100mb it fits on every UMD disc, but when a game is 900mb it will only fit on 1GB and higher UMD discs.

480i:
The number 480 stands for 480 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter i stands for interlaced or non-progressive scan. 480i is considered to be an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 640 pixels and a frame resolution of 640 × 480 or about 30.700 pixels, and a field resolution of 640 × 480 / 2 (because it's interlaced) or about 15.400 million pixels. The field rate (not the frame rate) in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter i.

480p:
The number 480 stands for 480 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter p stands for progressive scan or non-interlaced. 480p is considered to be an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 720 dots across and a frame resolution of 720 × 480 or about 345600 pixels. The frame rate in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p (such as 480p30, meaning 30 frames per second).

576i:
The number 576 stands for 576 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter i stands for interlaced or non-progressive scan. 576i is considered to be an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 720 pixels and a frame resolution of 720 × 576 or about 414720 pixels, and a field resolution of 720 × 576 / 2 (because it's interlaced) or about 20.000 million pixels. The field rate (not the frame rate) in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter i.

576p:
The number 576 stands for 576 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter p stands for progressive scan or non-interlaced. 576p is considered to be an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 720 dots across and a frame resolution of 720 × 576 or about 414720 pixels. The frame rate in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p (such as 576p25, meaning 25 frames per second).

720p:
The number 720 stands for 720 lines of vertical resolution, while the letter p stands for progressive scan or non-interlaced. 720p is considered to be an HDTV video mode. The term usually assumes a widescreen aspect ratio of 16:9, implying a horizontal resolution of 1280 dots across and a frame resolution of 1280 × 720 or about 0.92 million pixels. The frame rate in hertz can be either implied by the context or specified after the letter p (such as 720p30, meaning 30 frames per second).

Abandonware:
Software that is no longer marketed or distributed by the company that created it. It's free from copyright.

AC3:
Audio Codec 3. This was the original and more technical name for Dolby Digital. Replaced by marketing mavens when they realized that Dolby's name was not in the title.

Addline:
A textline containing registration information which is used for adding someone to a site. Most common addline format is: site gadduser @.

Affiliate:
A releasegroup can be an affiliate at a site. This means that they will pre their releases at that site.

AIO:
AIO stands for All-In-One, means an all-in-one software pack. For example: Microsoft Office, which contains Word, Frontpage, Publisher, Access etc.

Anamorphic Widescreen:
Anamorphic filming technique was developed to make widescreen movies using the original 4:3 film. If one didn't adjust this, the screen would look misshaped. For example very wide (or fat) people.

ANSI art:
Similar to ASCII art, but constructed from a larger set of 256 letters, numbers, and symbols.

ASCII art:
ASCII art is an artistic medium that are graphics pieced together from the 95 printable characters defined by ASCII.

Asian Silver:
Put out by eastern bootleggers, they are usually bought by groups to release as their own. These are usually VCD copies of movies which usually are pre-release or some movies that have never been released. There are a lot around in the scene at the moment because silvers are very cheap and easily available in a lot of countries. Mainly smaller groups who don't last more than a few releases go about it this way.

Audio_ts:
Audio_ts stands for "Audio Title Set". Most DVDs have both a VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder. Ussually the content is located in VIDEO_TS. The AUDIO_TS folder is usually empty. DVD-Audio would be stored in an AUDIO_TS folder when it is a separate format to DVD-Video. Practically this never occurs. Though most DVD's still contain an empty AUDIO_TS folder since some older dvd-player require this to play the DVD.

Backdoor:
A hidden piece of software that allows it's creator to access the computer. It bypasses normal authentication to the computer system. Using the backdoor, the hacker can get remote access to the computer. The backdoor may take the form of an installed, legimate program.

BDRip:
A rip of the final released Blu-Ray, encoded & stripped to fit on a dvd-disc. BDrips are released in the x264 format.

Bitrate:
Bitrate or Bit Rate is the average number of bits that one second of video or audio data will consume. Higher bitrate means bigger file size and generally better video or audio quality while lower bitrate means lower file size but worse video or audio quality.

BitTorrent:
A special kind of p2p system. It uses a central location which coodinates the downloads but it doesn't host any downloads. The download itself consists of several pieces offered by various users. Such a coordinated group is called a torrent.

Blu-Ray:
Blu-ray Disc is a next-generation optical disc format meant for high definition video (HD) and high density data storage, and is one of two competing standards for HD optical media. Its competitor is HD-DVD. A Blu-ray Disc can store substantially more data than a DVD, because of the blue laser. A Blu-ray dvd can hold up to 50 GB.

BWCLONE / BWCLONEDVD :
A complete image of an original cd/dvd, same as CLONECD/DVD. Only difference is that this image was created with BlindWrite.

BNC:
BNC stands for bouncer. A bouncer is server through which an user can connect to an irc server. This way other users on the irc server can't see his/her real ip.

Bootleg:
Illegally recorded and pressed record.

Buffer Overflow:
An error caused when a program or exploit tries to store too much data into a buffer, than the buffer can handle. This can be exploited by hackers to create and execute a backdoor, leading to system access.

CAM:
A cam is a theater rip usually done with a digital video camera.

C-Band:
A type of satellite transmission with less path loss than other satellite standards such as Ku-band.

CD:
CD stands for CompactDisc. A CD is an one-sided disk which can hold up to 650-700Mb of data.

CDS:
CD Single, an audio compact disc which contains 1-2 tracks.

CDM:
CD Maxi-single, an audio compact disc which contains 2-5 tracks.

CDR:
A recordable compact disc.

Chanserv:
This is a service provided by many IRC Networks to allow you register a channel.

CLONECD / CLONEDVD:
A complete image of an original cd/dvd. These images do not contain any crack, it's just a copy of an original cd/dvd. Therefore it still contains all copyright information.

Crack:
Software cracking is the modification of software to remove encoded copy prevention.

Cracktro:
A small introduction sequence added to cracked software, designed to inform the user which releasegroup was responsible for removing the software's copy prevention and distributing the crack.

CVD:
CVD is a combination of VCD and SVCD formats.

DC:
DC stands for Director's Cut. A director's cut is a specially edited version of a movie that is supposed to represent the director's own approved edit of the movie. It is often released some time after the original release of the film, where the original release was released in a version different from the director's approved edit. 'Cut' is synonymous with 'edit' in this context.

DDoS Attack:
A distributed denial of service attack (DDoS) occurs when multiple compromised systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system, usually web server(s). These systems are compromised by attackers using a variety of methods.

Demuxing (or demultiplexing):
Demuxing (or demultiplexing) basically means, when speaking of video formats, splitting the file that contains both audio and video data (and possible other data streams as well, like subtitles), into separate files, each containing one element of the original file. Opposite of demuxing is muxing, which basically joins the datastreams back together.

Dir Locking:
The act of locking a directory so people who are not allowed to get into a directory, won't be able to get in.

DirecTiVo:
DirecTiVo is an informal term for the implemented combination of DIRECTV satellite television programming service and the TiVo digital video recorder service.

DiVX:
DivX is a digital video compression format based on the MPEG-4 technology. DivX files can be downloaded over high-speed lines in a relatively short time without sacrificing the quality of the digital video. Used a lot in the scene. Nowadays the XviD codec is more popular.

Dolby Digital:
Digital Surround Sound is a DVD audio encoding format similar that digitally compresses up to 5.1 discrete channels of audio into a single bitstream.

DoS Attack:
A denial-of-service attack is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users. Typically the targets are high-profile web servers, and the attack attempts to make the hosted web pages unavailable on the Internet.

Dox:
Dox are single keygens/cracks/fixes etc.

DL:
DL stands for Dual-Language, meaning the movie contains more than one language. Synonym: ML (Multi Language).

DSR:
Digital stream rip is a rip that is captured from a digital source stream, such as a HDTV or DVB transmission. Quality is similar to PDTV. Synonym: DSRip.

DTS:
Digital Theater Systems Digital Surround is a DVD audio encoding format similar to Dolby Digital. The quality is better than Dolby Digital and it's used in the cinema.

Dubbed:
If a film is dubbed, it is a special version where the actors' voices are in another language.

Dump:
A dump is a ftp server where releases are stored. Dumps are often faster than regular ftp servers and have a larger harddisk. Releasegroups may have a groupdump, where the group's releases are stored. Such a groupdump serves as an archive, internal exchange of releases and for spreading the group's releases.

DVB:
DVB stands for Digital Video Broadcast. The standard for direct broadcast television in Europe and the US based on MPEG2 compression.

DVD:
Stands for Digital Versatile Disk (Formerly Digital Video Disk). An optic disc with the same physical size as a CD but with significantly greater storage capacity, anywhere from 4.5 Gb (single layer, single-sided) to 17 Gb storage capacity (double-layer, double sided). It uses MPEG2 compression to encode 720:480p resolution, full-motion video and Dolby Digital to encode 5.1 channels of discrete audio. The disc can also contain PCM, DTS, and MPEG audio soundtracks.

DVD5:
DVD5 is an one-sided single-layer dvd disc and can contain upto 4.38 gigabytes of data on it.
DVD disc manufacturers love to use marketing terms and sell their discs as 4.7GB discs, but this is not true -- the 4.7GB
is calculated by using so-called "Japanese gigabytes", where the power of calculations is 1,000 instead of 1,024 (and 1.024 is the correct way to calculate everything in computer world -- so, 1024 megabytes = 1 gigabyte).

DVD9:
DVD9 is an single-sided dual-layer dvd disc and can hold approximately 7.95 gigabytes of data. See DVD5 for an explanation about the dvd size.

DVDA:
Audio tracks which comes on a DVD as a bonus.

DVDrip:
A rip of the final released DVD, encoded to fit on a CD. DVDrips are released in SVCD and DivX/XviD.

DVD Screener:
Same premise as a screener, but transferred off a DVD.

Eggdrop Bots:
These bots can execute scripts like site annoucements, rss output and more.

EMUDVD:
Stands for EMUlation DVD. It's quite similar to CLONEDVD. You can burn the release, but in order to run it you need an emulation program running in the background such as DT4's RMPS. You can also mount the release, but its still an emulation. The scene considers any release that requires a helper program that runs in the background to bypass the protection as emulation, and thus should be named properly as emulation. The only possible exception to this rule is ATIP hiders.

Encode:
Encoding is the process of converting one digital format to another, applying known algorithms to either obscure the content of the file, or to compress or convert it to another format.

EP:
Vinyl Maxi-single, containing 2-5 tracks.

Exploit:
An exploit is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or sequence of commands that takes advantage of a bug, glitch or vulnerability in software in order to get access to this computer. When the exploit is succesfull, the computer hacker can gain control of the computer system to use it for a DoS attack, or running a ftp-server.

Filler:
People who put releases on to a FTP-server.

FS:
FS stands for FullScreen, which is a screen size ratio of 4:3 (width:heigth).

Fserve:
Trading system for irc which uses the mIRC client's File Server function and some scripts so users can share their warez directly from their hard drives with eachother.

FTP:
File Transfer Protocol. This is the protocol used for file transfers from client to server and from server to client. With a FTP application you can move/transfer files to another computer connected to the internet independent of machine type or operating systems. The FTP protocol is used in the scene for the warez servers.

FXP:
FXP is the File eXchange Protocol. It isn't an actual protocol, just a method of transfer making use of a vulnerability in FTP. It allows the transfer of files between two FTP servers.

FXP Boards:
People who scan/hack/fill vulnerable computers with warez.

Hacker:
Someone who breaks into computers.

Hammer:
The act of retrying to connect to a FTP, (almost) without a timeout between the retries, when the server is full. Hammering will slow down the server and will usually result in an ip-ban.

HDDVD:
[1] Stands for High Density DVD. HD-DVD is a digital optical media format which is being developed as one standard for high-definition DVD. HD-DVD is similar to the competing Blu-ray Disc, which also uses the same CD sized (120 mm diameter) optical data storage media and 405 nm wavelength blue laser. HD-DVD is promoted by Toshiba, NEC, and Sanyo, and backed by four major film studios. The Blu-ray Disc is proposed by Sony.
[2] A full copy of a HD-DVD movie.

HDDVDRip:
A rip of the final released HD-DVD, encoded & stripped to fit on a DVD5. HDDVDRips are released in the x264 format.

HDTV:
Stands for High Definition Television. HDTV rips are digital recordings from a source stream at either 1080i or 720p at a bitrate from 19,39mbps or higher.

HL:
HL stands for Hit List. MP3 releases like the weekly top 40 / dance trends etc. are tagged with HL. A lot of sites don't allowed HL releases because they are considered as custom releases.

HR:
Stands for High Resolution and refers to 480i / 480p formats.
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IMG-file:
An .img file is an image of a CD/DVD. An .img file can be burned directly on a cd/dvd using Alcohol 120% for example. Not supported by all burn programs.

iND:
iND stands for Independent. iND is not a real group, just term to categorize users who aren't members of a releasegroup. Occasionally there are releases done by -iND.

Interlaced:
As in a nuke reason. A movie release is interlaced when the video doesn't refresh properly.

iNTERNAL:
A release is done internal when it's released for a limited amount of people. Nowadays it's mostly used when a release is already done by another group. By adding the internal tag, the release won't be nuked.

IP:
Each machine connected to the Internet has an unique address known as an Internet Protocol address (IP address). The IP address takes the form of four numbers separated by dots, for example: 123.45.67.890.

IRC:
IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. IRC is a massive network of text-based chat channels and users from all across the world.

IRC Trading:
Users of IRC who download from "XDCC Bots" or "Fserves".

ISO-image:
An .iso file is an image of a CD/DVD. An .iso file can directly be burned to a cd/dvd using Alcohol 120% for example.

Keygen:
Keygen is a program which randomly generates software keys.

LAME:
LAME is an open source MP3 (that is, MPEG-1 audio layer 3) audio compression. It's the standard codec in the scene.

Leaking:
The act of leaking ftp login info to other people.

Leeching:
Downloading a lot without uploading.

Leetspeak:
Leetspeak (1337) is a digital language used by gamers but it's also in the scene.

Letterboxed:
Almost all new movies are created in widescreen format. When widescreen movie needs to be displayed on a screen with different aspect ratio from the original film (such as 4:3), the picture frame needs to be letterboxed. Letterboxing means adding black borders above and below the original frame.

Liveset:
A record of a DJ mixing live.

Loader:
See cracktro

LP:
Vinyl full-length album

MDVDr:
A music dvd, such as concerts, livesets, videoclips etc.

Mount:
To create a virtual cd/dvd drive with the content of an image file.

MP3:
Stands for MPEG Audio Layer-3. MP3 is a widely used technology for the compression and decompression of music. MP3 is the standard music compression format in the scene.

Multi-Angle View:
When a movie is being shot, it may be recorded from more than one viewpoint. An angle block can contain up to 9 different angles, all equal in time length. That way the viewer will be able to view a movie or concert from different angles and and switch angles instantly.

MViD:
A music video.

Nickserv:
This is a service provided by many IRC networks that will allow you to register a nickname to make sure no-one else steals it on you.

NFO (.nfo file):
A nfo file is a textfile with information about the release.

NTSC:
The American video format standard.

OS:
Operating system of a computer, such as Windows or Mac.

OST:
OST stands for Original SoundTrack. An OST is a collection of music found in a particular video game, movie, TV serie, etc.

Overscan:
Most television sets magnify the image a little too much, cutting off a little from all four sides. Some cut off as much as 20% of the total image. Trained television technicians can usually fix overscan.

PAL:
The European video format standard.

Pan & Scan:
Pan & Scan is a method used a lot by movie studios to create 4:3 versions of movies recorded in widescreen format by cropping out areas of the frames so that they have a perfect fit block for a 4:3 TV. The area's of the video that are cropped depend on where the action is currently. Most common, these parts are the movies' borders. Pan & Scan has a bad reputation among movie enthusiasts who claim that the movies are shot in widescreen format and should be viewed the way the director intended.

PAR-files:
These files are able to reconstruct files that are missing from the archive when downloading via newsgroups. For example, if you have downloaded an archive that was split into 47 RAR files but one of them is missing, you could simply download a PAR file for that archive. Once you have the PAR file, you can use a tool such as SmartPAR to reconstruct the missing file.

PDTV:
Other resolution digital tv recordings from source streams at a bitrate of 10+mbps or higher. It is a label given to files that were ripped directly from a purely digital source, having less resolution than HDTV.

PDVD:
A PDVD is usually an asian silver or, telesync copy of a movie, that has been encoded to DVD. PDVDs are usually sold by movie bootleggers. Quality varies of course. PDVDs are widely availible throughout some countries at an extremely low price.

Peer-To-Peer:
Sharing and delivery system where users who are logged are able to download files from eachother.

PGC:
PGC stands for ProGram Chain, containing instructions in a DVD-Video title for controlling interactivity and the presentation of AV sequences and menus.

Piracy:
The unauthorised duplication and/or use and distribution of a software program, music, movies etc.

PPF:
A .ppf file is a patch file, used to fix bad cd/dvd's.

PPV:
Pay-Per-View. Pay television programming for which viewers pay a separate fee for each program ordered.

Pre:
When a releasegroup pre's a release, it will be available for other people and the distribution will start. Also the releasename will be registered in the pre database.

Pre-database:
A database with all releasetitles. These releasetitles are not for download, they are just records. Apart from the releasetitle, a record often also contains the releasesize, releasedate, and sometimes also NFO's. With commands one is able to 'check' a release.

Pre-spam:
When a release is pre'd, it will be seen by millions of people in pre-announce channels and sites. These are channels which echo every release when it's pred. Some people (pre-spammers) abuse the fact that so many people read this and they fake releases with a message as the releasename. That way the 'release' name will be seen by all these people, this is why they do it. For example, when Germany lost against Italy in the semi finals of the FIFA World Cup 2006, there were pre spam messages like: Schade.Deutschland.Alles.Ist.Vobei-2006-uSuCK. Pre-spam is certainly not tolerated and pre-spammers will be punished or scenebanned.

Pre-tool:
A tool releasegroups use to pre a release simultaneously at multiple sites. Thanks to the pre-tool, the releasegroup doesn't have to pre it manually on every site, this saves them time, and the release is pre'd at the same time at all sites.

Proxy:
A gateway through which users can connect to the Internet. Advantage of proxy is that servers and other www-users won't be able to view the user's real ip.

Proper:
Due to scene rules, whoever releases a certain release the first, has won that race. For example, when a group releases the CAM version of Titanic the first. If there is something "wrong" with the release (poor quality, out-of-sync, audio errors etc.) and another group has a better/correct version, it can release it and add PROPER to the release title to avoid being nuked. However, the source must be the same as the original release. For example: A poor quality CAM release by group A and group B releases their CAM release PROPER. A Telesync release doesn't PROPER a CAM release, because the source is different. PROPER is the most subjective tag in the scene, and a lot of people will generally argue whether the PROPER is better than the original release. The reason for the PROPER should always be mentioned in the NFO. When a group 'propers' a PROPER it is tagged as REAL.PROPER.

PS2:
A Playstation 2 game released to CD.

PS2DVD:
A Playstation 2 game released to DVD.

PSXPSP:
This is a PSX (Playstation 1) game playable on a PSP (Playstation Portable) using custom PSP firmware.

Pubstro:
This is a computer that has been compromised and has a FTP-server running on it. It will be used to share warez, mainly to the FXP Community.

Racer:
People who try to fill a release the quickest.

Raping:
A FTP-server is getting raped when many people download from a FTP-server at the same time at high speeds.

Rated:
Rated means a movie is censored.

Recode:
A recode is a previously released movie, usually filtered through TMPGenc to remove subtitles, fix color etc.

Rehacking:
The act of hacking a computer/pubstro which someone else has already hacked, and replacing his FTP-server with his own. Rehacking will often result in a ban from all FXP boards.

Release:
Original releases are rips of movies, programs, games and music, all released by groups specialized in creating these kinds of releases.
Releasegroups:
Groups of people who pirate and release software, music and movies.

Remastered:
(Digitally) remastered means that an older not-digital movie has been re-editted, remastered and is released on DVD.

Repack:
If a group releases a bad rip, they can release a Repack. A Repack is a fixed version of the original release. It's similar to PROPER but then done by the same group. Note that a Repack is different from a fix. A Fix will repair the original release whilst a repack is a new release.

Rerip:
A previous rip was bad, now it's ripped again properly. Similar to repack.

Resolution:
Refers to the sharpness and the size of a video, usually measured in pixels/dots per inch (dpi).The higher the resolution of a video, the greater the sharpness and the larger the file size will be. 640 (width) by 320 (height) pixels for example is sharper on a big screen than a 320 x 160 video.

Rip:
To extract or copy data from a cd/dvd to another, more useful (and smaller) format.

Rom:
ROM images is used in the context of emulation for software which only runs on different hardware. These ROM images can be run on an emulator. For example, GBA rom images which are started on a GBA Emulator. Using a GBA emulator on a PC will enable the user to play GBA games on his PC.

RTM:
RTM means Release To Manufacturing. This release is leaked before it's available in stores. A RTM version of a software title is the final retail version, the one that you will be seeing in stores.

Scanner:
People who can fast IP ranges for vulnerable computers.

Scanstro:
Similar to a pubstro, but it is used to scan for other vulnerable computers.

Sceneban:
An individual or a group of people can be banned from the scene, because they did something seriously wrong. For example when someone appears to be a fed.

Screener:
A pre VHS tape, sent to rental stores, and various other places for promotional use.

SDTV:
Digital tv recording or capture from a source stream at any resolution with bitrate under 10mbps.

SE:
SE stands for Special Edition. Like the name says, it's a special dvd edition of a movie. Often special editions contain extra material like deleted scenes, interviews, or a making-of.

SECAM:
SECAM stands for Sequential Couleur Avec Memoire or Sequential Colour with Memory. SECAM is the broadcast television standard for France and in some countries in Eastern Europe. Because of its similiarity with PAL (same resolution, same framerate), all of the modern video systems use PAL internally (for storing the data in the storage media, etc) and just change the color encoding to SECAM when outputting the signal back to SECAM TV. SECAM is rapidly dissappearing, all new hardware supports PAL or NTSC.

Serial:
A serial is a key for software. This unique key works as an extra security.

SFCLONECD / SFCLONEDVD:
Same as CLONECD/DVD, but the disc's protection is Star Force. StarForce blocks the use of SCSI optical drives when IDE optical drives are present in the system, since most optical drive emulators currently work by simulating SCSI drives. StarForce, however, will authenticate discs from a SCSI optical disc drive if there are no IDE optical disc drives installed in the system; meaning that if you want to run this disc you'll have to unplug your harddisks in order to run the mounted cd or dvd image.

SFV-file (.sfv):
SFV stands for Simple File Validator and is used to check files if they became corrupt after transfer. It does this by doing a CRC (cyclic redundancy check). After the check it displays which files contain CRC-errors and therefore are corrupt. It's also used on FTP servers / sites to check the progress of downloads or uploads.

Site Ops:
Site Operators are people who are the administrator of a site.

Site Trading:
The act of trading releases between sites.

Sites:
Very fast FTP servers with people who trade the releases by releasegroups to other (top)sites.

SQL Injection:
A type of exploit whereby hackers are able to execute SQL statements via an Internet browser.

SSL:
SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. SSL is an application layer protocol created by Netscape for managing the security of message transmissions in a network. SSL uses the public-and-private key encryption system from RSA, which also includes the use of a digital certificate. Sites require SSL to connect to them, this is more safe since the transmissions are encrypted.

Stro:
See pubstro.

STV:
STV stands for Straight To Video. These movies were never released in theaters, instead, they were immediately released on video/dvd. Therefore, a lot of sites do not allow these movies.

Subbed:
If a release is subbed, it usually means it has hard encoded subtitles burned throughout the movie. These are generally in malaysian/chinese/thai etc, and sometimes there are two different languages, which can take up quite a large amount of the screen. SVCD and DVD support switchable subtitles, so some DVDRips and most DVD's are released with switchable subs.

Superbit:
These DVDs do not include special features. The extra room on the DVD is used to provide the best-possible picture and sound. "Superbit Deluxe" DVDs include special features on a second disc.

Syncfix:
A fix which will resynchronize the audio and video layer so they play in unison.

SVCD:
SVCD is a mpeg2 based (same as DVD) video format which allows variable bit-rates of up to 2500kbits at a resolution of 480x480 (NTSC) which is then decompressed into a 4:3 aspect ratio when played back

SVHS:
Super Video Home System, same as VHS but it has increased picture quality and resolution capability.

TC (TeleCine):
A telecine machine copies the film digitally from the reels.

TC (TimeCode):
A visible counter on screen throughout the film.

Topsites:
Very fast FTP servers with people who trade the releases by releasegroups to other (top)sites.

Torrent:
A special kind of p2p system. It uses a central location which coodinates the downloads but it doesn't host any downloads. The download itself consists of several pieces offered by various users. Such a coordinated group is called a torrent.

Trainer:
Trainers are programs made to modify behaviour of a computer game in order to allow cheating. Usually trainers contain such features as god mode, unlimited ammo and others that sometimes aren't pre-programmed into the game by its designers. Applying the trailer is similar to applying a regular patch.

TS (TeleSync):
TS stands for TeleSync. A telesync is the same spec as a CAM except it uses an external audio source (most likely an audio jack in the chair for hard of hearing people).

TVRip:
TV episode that is either capped from Network (capped using digital cable/satellite boxes are preferable) or PRE-AIR from satellite feeds sending the program around to networks a few days earlier (do not contain "dogs" but sometimes have flickers etc). PDTV is capped from a digital TV PCI card, generally giving the best results. VCD/SVCD/DivX/XviD rips are all supported by the TV scene.

UE:
UE stands for Ultra Edition, it's just another commercial name for a special dvd release similar to SE.

UMDRip:
This applies only to Playstation Portable (PSP) games, and it means that some stuff was ripped from the original game because it was not required or was ripped to save space. For example languages or movie files.

UMDMovie:
The Playstation Portable (PSP) is also capable of playing movies. Though a PSP can't playback DVD's or CD's, only UMD discs. So movies for the PSP get released on UMD discs.

Unrated:
Unrated means a movie is uncensored.

USA, JAP, EUR:
Especially PSP releases, but also other console releases, are sometimes tagged as USA, JAP and EUR. These are alternative regions, and they replace PAL and NTSC. USA are off course the United States of America, JAP is Japan and EUR is Europe.

VCD:
VCD stands for VideoCD and is a mpeg1 based video format, with a constant bitrate of 1150kbit at a resolution of 352x240 (NTSC).

VHS:
VHS stands for Video Home System, and is a dominant domestic videotape format.

VHSRip:
A movie transferred off a retail VHS, mainly skating/sports videos and XXX releases.

Video_ts:
See audio_ts.

VLM:
VLM stands for Volume License Key. This means that the cracked application is already licensed, and therefore doesn't require an activation after installation. Synonym: VL.

VLS:
Vinyl Single, containing 1-2 tracks.

Warez:
Illegally pirated software, movies or music.

Watermark:
A watermark is a small tag generally in one of the corners of a movie. A lot of Asian Silvers / PDVDs and are tagged by the people responsible. This is usually a letter, initials or a little logo. Most famous are the "Z" "A" and "Globe" watermarks.

Workprint:
A workprint is a copy of a film that has not been finished yet.

WS:
WS stands for WideScreen, which is a screen size ratio of 16:9 (width:heigth).

x264:
A relatively new codec, but the quality is really good. The codec is still in development, and therefore it's not yet used that much. There are already some scene groups who do x264 releases though.

XDCC:
Hacked computer which serves as a file server for irc so people can download from it.

XVCD/XSVCD:
These are basically VCD/SVCD that don't obey the "rules". They are both capable of much higher resolutions and bit-rates, but it all depends on the player to whether the disc can be played.

XViD:
XviD is an open source MPEG-4 video codec. Originally based on OpenDivX, XviD was started by a group of volunteer programmers. A very efficient and high-quality video codec and is seen as the standard in the scene.