anyways, torrents work off by people sharing a given file over the internet. To be able to download a program, silent hill in this case, you need people sharing their copies with you.

When you get a torrent off the net, you will see, a seeders and leechers number next to the torrent. Seeders are people with full copies that are uploading or sharing to other users. Leechers are people who have partial copies, who are downloading *and* uploading their copies for other users.

When you downloaded that torrent, if there are no seeders, then there is no actual full copy of the program available. This means, no matter how long you leave it running, it will not complete.

Ensure, the torrent you have downloading has atleast 1 seeder or your firewall/network are not blocking torrents (Some ISPs have been known to block or throttle torrents).

You can check the seeder count on pirate bay, it should be next to the torrent itself. Firewall settings can be checked through your torrent program, there are options usually built in to check this. Alternatively, get an active torrent, just to test out your network is not blocking access in anyway.

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 8:37 AM on September 18, 2008

torrent basically uses your computer also it is not some big database that has so much space to accomodate so many files,you only download it then when you keep the torrent s/w running it is automatically available for uploading where the othe person gets the file from your pc,it is basically give and take process you download and then make it available for others to download.

Answered by ani , an ibibo Advisor, at 12:20 PM on September 17, 2008

Torrents work in a fashion very much similar to local network's file and printer sharing.

The first stage is creating a torrent. This must be done the first time by someone. Most Bit Torrent clients allow you to create a torrent. Basically you should gather all your files in one folder (preferable) and create a torrent file out of it. You must specify a tracker for the same. Once the .torrent file is created you can upload this .torrent file to any torrent masters such as mininove, piratebay, etc.

The next step is to load this torrent file in the torrent client (e.g. uTorrent) and it starts seeding.

Anyone looking for the specific file (inside the torrent) or the torrent itself will hit the torrent site thru google search and download the .torrent file. He/she will then load the torrent in the client and the torrent starts downloading - with you being the peer/seed and the other person being the peer/leach.

Over a period of time the torrent contents are downloaded by many and all become eventual seeds. By this time, because of the increased number of seeds, the torrent download speeds also increase.

The contents of the torrent are divided into many pieces of equal size (256KB to 1 MB being most common). Any seeding or downlaoding is done piece by piece. The torrent tracker keeps track of what piece is owned by who. This way, piece by piece, the torrent contents are downloaded until all the pieces are with you. Once done, the torrent client automatically shifts the mode from 'downloading' to 'seeding'.

Answered by Hem@nt .... , an ibibo Master, at 11:02 AM on September 17, 2008

A popular file sharing service developed by Bram Cohen that prevents people from downloading constantly unless they are willing to share in the overall transmission load on the network. Released in the summer of 2001, BitTorrent is similar to KaZaA and other distributed swapping services where users download from other users and do not use a centralized directory as in the original Napster service. However, BitTorrent is also different than all of them because it makes every downloading user an uploading user.

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Answered by Nishu's , an ibibo Master, at 7:58 AM on September 17, 2008

BitTorrent is a protocol that enables fast downloading of large files using minimum Internet bandwidth. It costs nothing to use and includes no spyware or pop-up advertising.
Unlike other download methods, BitTorrent maximizes transfer speed by gathering pieces of the file you want and downloading these pieces simultaneously from people who already have them. This process makes popular and very large files, such as videos and television programs, download much faster than is possible with other protocols.
In this article, we'll examine how BitTorrent works and how it is different from other file-distribution methods. In addition, you'll learn how to use BitTorrent and what the future might hold for this innovative approach to serving files over the Internet.
To understand how BitTorrent works and why it is different from other file-serving methods, let's examine what happens when you download a file from a Web site. It works something like this:
You open a Web page and click a link to download a file to your computer.
The Web browser software on your computer (the client) tells the server (a central computer that holds the Web page and the file you want to download) to transfer a copy of the file to your computer.
The transfer is handled by a protocol (a set of rules), such as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).
The transfer speed is affected by a number of variables, including the type of protocol, the amount of traffic on the server and the number of other computers that are downloading the file. If the file is both large and popular, the demands on the server are great, and the download will be slow.

http://computer.howstuffwo rks.com/bittorrent.htm

Answered by Dan !!!!!! , an ibibo Specialist, at 4:58 AM on September 17, 2008

Well Aalok, BitTorrent or torrent is a protocol that enables fast downloading of large files using minimum Internet bandwidth. It costs nothing to use and includes no spyware or pop-up advertising.

Unlike other download methods, BitTorrent maximizes transfer speed by gathering pieces of the file you want and downloading these pieces simultaneously from people who already have them. This process makes popular and very large files, such as videos and television programs, download much faster than is possible with other protocols.

In this article, we'll examine how BitTorrent works and how it is different from other file-distribution methods. In addition, you'll learn how to use BitTorrent and what the future might hold for this innovative approach to serving files over the Internet.

To understand how BitTorrent works and why it is different from other file-serving methods, let's examine what happens when you download a file from a Web site. It works something like this:

* You open a Web page and click a link to download a file to your computer.
* The Web browser software on your computer (the client) tells the server (a central computer that holds the Web page and the file you want to download) to transfer a copy of the file to your computer.
* The transfer is handled by a protocol (a set of rules), such as FTP (File Transfer Protocol) or HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).

The transfer speed is affected by a number of variables, including the type of protocol, the amount of traffic on the server and the number of other computers that are downloading the file. If the file is both large and popular, the demands on the server are great, and the download will be slow.

For more details , Please visit the source site :

http://computer.howstuffw orks.com/bittorrent.htm

Answered by Alok Gupta , an ibibo Guru, at 11:43 PM on September 16, 2008