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I just installed the 0.5 beta. Thanks to the developers for all their hard work. It has all the features I've been looking for and it's running great on my machine.

I have a question, though, about something that I've been wondering for a while. What is the origin of the name of the software? Is SAB an acronym?

I searched the forums and the wiki and couldn't find anything on this.

I don't believe anyone has ever worked it out. AFAIK The original developer who created sabnzbd isn't contactable.

S automatic binary NZB daemon?
S automatic binary NZB downloader?

But no-one knows S

This is something we expect the original developer - tdian - will take to his grave. We know the nzbd is for nzb daemon, but will likely never know what "SAB" means.

The guy is from Germany, I bet his girlfriend is called Sabine.

I've wonder this for a while too.  I guess its better to know that no one really knows instead of just me. 
Awesome App BTW- just jumped to the beta on Mac and have stopped using Unison which I paid for.

I was always under the impression that the origin had something to do with the Something Awful forums, and the B stood for binary. I have no idea where I got that impression, though.

popcornarsonist wrote: I was always under the impression that the origin had something to do with the Something Awful forums, and the B stood for binary. I have no idea where I got that impression, though.

A lot of the initial (and continued) buzz about SABnzbd came from my threads at SA, but the app and name predate those threads, and our involvement with SABnzbd.

Super Awesome Binary NZB Daemon.

Simple Archive Binder perhaps?