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Corrupt stands for anything which isn't exactly the same as the original, whatever it is.
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Corrupt stands for anything that isn't exactly the same as the original, whatever it is.
  
In the [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k network]], it is usually referred to any [[file]] or [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_a_chunk?|chunk]] or part that has been altered in some byte (or bit) and is not the same as the original any longer.
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In the [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k network]], a [[file]], [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_a_chunk?|chunk]] or part is called "corrupted" if it differs (bitwise) from the original.
  
Since the [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k network]] is very sensible to data integrity, it detects '''99%''' of the file corruptions. Hardly ever a corrupted file will be [[download]]ed through the [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k network]] unless it was originally shared corrupted.
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Since the [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k network]] was designed to maintain data integrity, all file corruptions will be detected and corrected. The chance of the [[FAQ_eD2k-Kademlia#What_is_ED2K?|eD2k network]] not detecting a corrupted file is less than getting struck by lightning. If you downloaded a file and it's corrupted, it was probably already corrupted before someone shared it.
  
 
Do not confuse ''corrupt'' with ''[[fake]]''.
 
Do not confuse ''corrupt'' with ''[[fake]]''.

Latest revision as of 01:00, 1 September 2010

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Corrupt stands for anything that isn't exactly the same as the original, whatever it is.

In the eD2k network, a file, chunk or part is called "corrupted" if it differs (bitwise) from the original.

Since the eD2k network was designed to maintain data integrity, all file corruptions will be detected and corrected. The chance of the eD2k network not detecting a corrupted file is less than getting struck by lightning. If you downloaded a file and it's corrupted, it was probably already corrupted before someone shared it.

Do not confuse corrupt with fake.