TORRENT
Torrenting In simple terms, torrenting is downloading and sharing files directly with other users online through a peer-to-peer (P2P) networking system called the BitTorrent protocol . Instead of pulling the whole file from a central server, users exchange small pieces with each other until everyone has the complete file. Just like with a non-digital torrent of water, if a group of people needs to move water quickly, they form a human chain and pass buckets along. Torrenting works the same way. If 100 people want a movie, a traditional server would send it to each person individually. With torrenting, everyone contributes, with people sharing smaller pieces with one another, lightening the load and speeding up the process. To fully understand torrenting, it’s important to get your head around these key terms: Torrent files: These don’t contain the content itself, but act like maps. They tell your BitTorrent client (software such as uTorrent ) where to find t...