My (perhaps dumb) Question for the Day

Robert M. Warren
Robert M. Warren Member Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭
edited November 20 in English Forum

I frequently see files posted here with a serial number prefix. Is this typically a number meaningful only to the author/distributor, or is there some common convention being followed?

Gracias 

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  • MJ. Smith
    MJ. Smith Member, MVP Posts: 53,041 ✭✭✭✭✭

    http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/about/index.html

    although publishers purchase blocks of ISBN's there is no guaranteed pattern

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  • George Somsel
    George Somsel Member Posts: 10,153 ✭✭✭

    I frequently see files posted here with a serial number prefix. Is this typically a number meaningful only to the author/distributor, or is there some common convention being followed?

    Gracias 


    Are you perhaps referring to files that a user has zipped and posted?  If so, somehow the system seems to determine the number associated with it.

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  • Paul N
    Paul N Member Posts: 2,087

    I'd like to think there is a complex pattern that everyone is on on... but no it's assigned to the front of the file by the message board.

  • Robert M. Warren
    Robert M. Warren Member Posts: 2,452 ✭✭✭

    it's assigned to the front of the file by the message board.

    Which makes sense, as there is a high probability of duplicate file names from the many contributors and some unique addition would be needed to store the files in the same location.

    Thanks, all, for your answers.

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  • Alexander
    Alexander Member Posts: 494

    it's assigned to the front of the file by the message board.

    Which makes sense, as there is a high probability of duplicate file names from the many contributors and some unique addition would be needed to store the files in the same location.

    Thanks, all, for your answers.


     

    Typically preappended values are date/time stamps... you might want to see if that is what you are seeing :)