COA |
The name of the search webpages of Inducks. This name was made up by François, who originally hosted the webpages in France. COA doesn't really mean anything.
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Dark Ages |
The period of Italian Topolino where we have little credit information: after the Fossati index, and before the comics started printing credits.
Also known as Oxen Years.
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DcD |
An old name of Inducks. In February, 1999, we decided to abandon this name.
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ddb |
The name of the mailing list for indexers. This name was chosen long ago, by Frank Stajano, and I think it means Disney DataBases. (In those days,
there were various different databases, not yet intergrated in one Inducks database.)
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DECISION |
A decision made by the indexers about database matters. In e-mail correspondence between indexers, a decision is marked with the word DECISION
in upper case, so they can be traced back easily. If the D-word is used while no real decision is made, we often change the O in that word by a zero, so
a search for DECISION will not include that e-mail.
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Dizni |
A computer program that links all Inducks data together (and makes so-called ISV files).
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FSB |
The name of the Italian story data (by Fossati/Stajano/Barlotti). This used to be a separate database, but is now integrated in Inducks.
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Inducks |
The name of the database, officially I.N.D.U.C.K.S. We have not figured out yet was this name means! 8-) We made some attempts: see the text below this table.
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Input files |
Files that are used by Dizni as the original sources of the data. These files are usually created and edited by humans.
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Internal files |
Files produced by Dizni that contain all Inducks data. These files are used by other computer programs (mainly COA).
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Jones Boys |
Italian indexers.
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Output files |
Files generated by Dizni, mainly used to check the input files.
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Story |
A related piece of art, consisting of at least one drawing. Covers, illustrations, newspaper gags, etc. are all considered stories.
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