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#### 3.1.4.1 Externalized Content
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Since external content blocks are separate from the header, they each MUST have a `NameAccumulator` that is different than the file's `NameAccumulator`. We allow these names to have an arbitrary base. For the normal case, the base name is RECOMMENDED to be the file's name with the externalized content's encryption `key` added to it as a name segment.
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Since external content blocks are separate from the header, they each MUST have a `NameAccumulator` that is different than the file's `NameAccumulator`. We allow these names to have an arbitrary base. For the normal case, the base name is RECOMMENDED to be the file's name with the externalized content's encryption `key`, hashed to a prime, added to it as a name segment.
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However, the base name is allowed to be anything else, for instance to support copying or moving a file to a different location without having to re-encrypt all of its data.
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The [sharded file content access algorithm](#44-sharded-file-content-access) contains more information about how to derive each externalized block's name from this base name.
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