The Basics of BitTorrent

OK, there are just a few parts of this that are harder to grasp so I'll dumb it down. This is for BitTorrent and if you don't know what that is: " BitTorrent is a protocol that enables fast downloading of large files using minimum Internet bandwidth. BitTorrent costs nothing to use and includes no spyware or pop-up advertising." <---just pulled that off a random site.

moving on...


1. The tracker. Many people have asked me what it does and what the point of it is and I gotta tell ya. I think they're obsolete. The tracker is actually a server that controls the transfer process.

2. Seeder. This isn't that hard. A seeder is someone who has a complete version of your file downloaded and are sharing it. People who don't share are normally called leeches because they take but don't give back.

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3. Torrent. This is the filetype that you will open with bit torrent. If you're using the original BitTorrent and no then the process of downloading should look like this.



First thing is that the file should look like this or at least have a .torrent extention



Next you open the file to begin the downloading process



Now you pick where you want the file saved



Finally you let the (whatever it is) download


There ya have it. Theres also some BitTorrent downloading programs like Azureus or the "BitTorrent EXPERIMENTAL download client".

AK