<s>
In	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
,	O
to	O
nuke	B-Application
is	O
to	O
label	O
content	O
as	O
"	O
bad	O
"	O
,	O
for	O
reasons	O
which	O
might	O
include	O
unusable	O
software	O
,	O
bad	O
audiovisual	O
quality	O
,	O
virus-infected	O
content	O
,	O
deceptively	O
labeled	O
(	O
fake	O
)	O
content	O
or	O
not	O
following	O
the	O
rules	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
scene	B-Application
release	O
is	O
"	O
nuked	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
message	O
is	O
attached	O
to	O
its	O
listing	O
informing	O
other	O
sceners	O
of	O
its	O
"	O
nuked	O
"	O
status	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
specific	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contrary	O
to	O
what	O
the	O
term	O
implies	O
,	O
a	O
nuke	B-Application
does	O
not	O
actually	O
destroy	O
offending	O
content	O
or	O
prevent	O
anyone	O
from	O
downloading	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
nuke	B-Application
merely	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
cautionary	O
flag	O
to	O
potential	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
person	O
that	O
uploaded	O
the	O
nuked	O
content	O
to	O
a	O
site	B-Application
will	O
lose	O
credits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dupe	O
checkers	O
first	O
showed	O
up	O
on	O
BBSes	B-Application
to	O
help	O
sysops	O
nuke	B-Application
duplicate	O
uploads	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
dupe	O
check	O
scripts	O
or	O
programs	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
search	O
warez	B-Application
releases	I-Application
by	O
date	O
or	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
couriers	O
to	O
check	O
when	O
a	O
release	O
already	O
exists	O
on	O
a	O
site	B-Application
and	O
the	O
release	B-Application
groups	I-Application
avoid	O
duplicating	O
an	O
earlier	O
release	O
of	O
another	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
various	O
IRC	B-Protocol
dupe	O
checks	O
were	O
the	O
simplest	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
let	O
the	O
user	O
connect	O
to	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
database	I-Language
,	O
offering	O
greater	O
speed	O
and	O
flexibility	O
over	O
the	O
IRC	B-Protocol
bots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drink	B-Application
Or	I-Application
Die	I-Application
created	O
the	O
first	O
web	O
dupe	O
check	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
nuke	B-Application
is	O
issued	O
by	O
a	O
nuke	B-Application
command	O
in	O
a	O
nuke	B-Application
channel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Erroneous	O
nukes	B-Application
are	O
usually	O
"	O
un-nuked	O
"	O
easily	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
people	O
who	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
issue	O
nukes	B-Application
,	O
that	O
nukes	B-Application
and	O
unnukes	O
happen	O
on	O
IRC	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
nuke	B-Application
networks	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
guidelines	O
on	O
how	O
to	O
nuke	B-Application
a	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
twelve	O
of	O
those	O
nuke	B-Application
networks	O
created	O
a	O
coalition	O
to	O
work	O
together	O
"	O
to	O
ensure	O
nukers	O
bias	O
,	O
nukewars	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
problems	O
that	O
plague	O
the	O
nuke	B-Application
scene	B-Application
become	O
a	O
thing	O
of	O
the	O
past.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Local	O
nukes	B-Application
or	O
site	B-Application
nukes	B-Application
can	O
be	O
issued	O
by	O
a	O
topsite	B-Application
administrator	O
and	O
are	O
only	O
applicable	O
to	O
that	O
site	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
individual	O
site	B-Application
has	O
rules	B-Application
for	O
which	O
kind	O
of	O
releases	O
that	O
are	O
allowed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
two	O
columns	O
represent	O
the	O
time	O
when	O
the	O
release	O
was	O
pred	O
or	O
when	O
a	O
nuke	B-Application
was	O
issued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
between	O
the	O
square	O
brackets	O
is	O
the	O
nuke	B-Application
network	O
where	O
the	O
nuke	B-Application
originates	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
content	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
"	O
nuked	O
"	O
include	O
non-working	O
software	O
,	O
non-working	O
cracks	B-Application
,	O
videos	O
with	O
out-of-sync	O
audio	O
,	O
watermarked	O
videos	O
,	O
or	O
music	O
recordings	O
with	O
excessive	O
"	O
skips	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reason	O
for	O
a	O
nuke	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
violations	O
of	O
the	O
standards	B-Application
that	O
must	O
be	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
information	O
can	O
be	O
.sfv	B-Algorithm
,	O
.m3u	O
,	O
.jpg	O
,	O
.diz	O
or	O
.nfo	B-Protocol
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nukes	B-Application
are	O
linked	O
with	O
their	O
release	O
in	O
these	O
databases	O
when	O
a	O
nuke	B-Application
is	O
issued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
check	O
if	O
a	O
release	O
is	O
nuked	O
,	O
a	O
scener	O
uses	O
an	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channel	O
to	O
query	O
the	O
database	O
by	O
typing	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channels	O
are	O
called	O
pre	O
channels	O
and	O
are	O
often	O
not	O
accessible	O
for	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
database	O
is	O
updated	O
automatically	O
through	O
spidering	B-Application
topsites	B-Application
or	O
by	O
catching	O
pre-release	O
announcements	O
from	O
site	B-Application
channels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
now	O
several	O
public	O
websites	O
and	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channels	O
that	O
list	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
pre-databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
regularly	O
updated	O
and	O
show	O
nuke	B-Application
reasons	O
next	O
to	O
their	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
pre	O
channel	O
is	O
an	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channel	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
prebot	O
announces	O
new	O
warez	B-Application
(	O
pre	O
)	O
releases	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre	O
channels	O
are	O
generally	O
provided	O
as	O
a	O
convenience	O
to	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
scene	B-Application
,	O
often	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
a	O
topsite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Members	O
of	O
a	O
pre	O
channel	O
are	O
notified	O
about	O
new	O
warez	B-Application
releases	I-Application
as	O
they	O
are	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
of	O
particular	O
benefit	O
to	O
couriers	O
and	O
release	B-Application
groups	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
function	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
release	B-Application
groups	I-Application
to	O
avoid	O
dupes	O
(	O
duplicates	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pre	O
channels	O
are	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
topsites	B-Application
to	O
measure	O
how	O
fast	O
they	O
received	O
the	O
release	O
,	O
otherwise	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
pretime	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
prebot	O
is	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
an	O
automated	O
script	O
in	O
IRC	B-Protocol
channels	O
that	O
announces	O
new	O
releases	O
and	O
can	O
let	O
users	O
query	O
its	O
database	O
to	O
view	O
past	O
warez	B-Application
release	I-Application
dates	O
and	O
nukes	B-Application
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
kind	O
of	O
prebot	O
was	O
adopted	O
in	O
2000	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
increased	O
competition	O
among	O
release	B-Application
groups	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
prebot	O
automatically	O
distributed	O
new	O
releases	O
to	O
affiliated	O
topsites	B-Application
of	O
a	O
group	O
to	O
release	O
faster	O
and	O
more	O
efficiently	O
.	O
</s>
