Glossary

Amazon

A provider of metadata for releases. You need an API key to use this service.

imdb

A provider of metadata for movie releases. This information is obtained via scraping.

tmdb

A provider of metadata for movie releases. A shared API key is used for this service.

nfo

A text file containing information about a release.

par

A parity file for completing usenet downloads which contain missing parts.

rotten tomatoes

A provider of metadata for movie releases. You need an API key to use this service.

NZB

An NZB is an XML-based file format for retrieving posts from NNTP (Usenet) servers. For more information about NZB files, see NZB.

regex

Short for “regular expression”, which provides a concise and flexible means for matching and extracting strings of text. “Regexs” are a central concept in Newznab as they provide the foundation for matching and grouping releases. More information can be found REGEX.

TvRage

A provider of metadata for releases. The website is www.tvrage.com.