What are alt.binaries

Binaries are files that are in newsgroups but have been encoded so they can be transmitted over the Internet. They require special software to decode them. They can be almost anything. Pictures, programs, word processing or spreadsheet files, or almost anything else.

At some point in the history of the Usenet, someone wanted to send files besides text to the groups, just as you would attach a picture to an email message you sent a friend. Since Usenet messages do not support attachments, people started to use programs to convert their binary data like images, videos, and software into one or more text emails, by using a known binary-to-text encoding algorithm such as Base-64 or yEnc encoding. Users who viewed the messages could then use software to decode them back into their original binary form, and view the image or video. 

In the alt.binaries hierarchy you will find hundreds of newsgroups dedicated to any topic you can think of and to sharing binaries associated with that topic.

The "alt" in alt.binaries stands for the "alternative" hierarchy. There are eight major hierarchies. They are the "comp", "soc", "misc", "news", "rec", "humanities", "sci" and "talk" hierarchies.

The "alt" hierarchy is a major Usenet hierarchy with a massive variety newsgroups

The alt.binaries hierarchy is further subdivided into newsgroups, such as: alt.binaries.pictures, alt.binaries.sounds, alt.binaries.multimedia, alt.binaries.games, alt.binaries.dvd. These groups can be further subdivided into more specific newsgroups, such as: alt.binaries.games.xbox; alt.binaries.pictures.scenic.amateur and so on...

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