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Also known as: article segment
One article's worth of a larger encoded file, typically between 300KB and 768KB of source data. Splitting keeps individual articles within server limits and lets a client fetch many pieces in parallel across several connections. NZB files list every segment by Message-ID so a download client can request them directly. Losing segments beyond what PAR2 can rebuild leaves the file unusable.
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