A BitTorrent client is a program that allows people to download music, movies, Linux distros, or any other kinds of files. To use BitTorrent you need a client, a torrent file, and a internet connection. Different clients have different features. BitTorrent clients use the BitTorrent protocol make a P2P Network. The P2P Network can allow for much faster downloads. The main purpose of a BitTorrent client is to take the torrent file that was downloaded and use it to join a swarm. Basically to download the desired file. The client can also make torrent file so you can also share you own files on the P2P Network.
Terms
- P2P: Peer-to-Peerhttp://www.vuze.com/corp/technology.php
- Seeding:
- Seeding is where you make content you lave already downloaded available to download. http://www.vuze.com/corp/technology.php
- Share Ratio:
- Share ratio is the comparison between seeding vs downloading. http://www.vuze.com/corp/technology.php
- Swarm:
- Users are benefiting from the distributed computing capacity of all the seeds on the network. http://www.vuze.com/corp/technology.php
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