Torrent is a file distribution system used for transferring files across a network of people. As you download a file, Torrent places what you download on upload for other users; when multiple people are downloading the same file at the same time they upload pieces of the file to each other. Torrent pieces together the file you are downloading, to where the first part of a file you get may be the last part someone else gets. As you continue to retrieve the file, Torrent also uploads data to other users. For example, a person with 98 percent of the file done is directed to the people with the 2 percent of the file they still need.

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Answered by Madhurima , an ibibo Master, at 1:37 PM on September 02, 2008

well, Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games.Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone.

Torrent principle

The BitTorrent protocol was made mainly for temporarily very popular files - for example when a new movie or music album comes up. The download speed increases proportionately to the number of users downloading the same file and that is the biggest advantage of torrents.
torrent principle

When you are downloading something through torrent, you share your already downloaded part at the same time (for this reason you break the law in most countries when you are downloading illegal data). When you start downloading, your application contacts a "tracker" server, which co-ordinates all clients (other users' applications). From the tracker the application finds out where to download from, which parts have the other users already downloaded and so on. Also your application informs the tracker about what part you were able to download until now - and by that it gives it at other users' disposal.

Answered by Nidhi Singh , an ibibo Master, at 11:32 AM on September 01, 2008

Torrent is a file distribution system used for transferring files across a network of people. As you download a file, Torrent places what you download on upload for other users; when multiple people are downloading the same file at the same time they upload pieces of the file to each other. Torrent pieces together the file you are downloading, to where the first part of a file you get may be the last part someone else gets. As you continue to retrieve the file, Torrent also uploads data to other users. For example, a person with 98 percent of the file done is directed to the people with the 2 percent of the file they still need.

For more visit :

http://www.webopedia.com /T ERM/B/BitTorrent.html

Answered by Ashish Yadav , an ibibo Wizard, at 2:49 PM on August 28, 2008

The BitTorrent protocol was made mainly for temporarily very popular files - for example when a new movie or music album comes up. The download speed increases proportionately to the number of users downloading the same file and that is the biggest advantage of torrents.
torrent principle

Answered by N P , an ibibo Citizen, at 6:51 PM on August 22, 2008

hi there

Torrent is a file distribution system used for transferring files across a network of people. As you download a file, Torrent places what you download on upload for other users; when multiple people are downloading the same file at the same time they upload pieces of the file to each other. Torrent pieces together the file you are downloading, to where the first part of a file you get may be the last part someone else gets. As you continue to retrieve the file, Torrent also uploads data to other users. For example, a person with 98 percent of the file done is directed to the people with the 2 percent of the file they still need.


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Answered by Reeta K , an ibibo Master, at 12:05 PM on August 21, 2008

Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games.Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone.

Torrent principle

The BitTorrent protocol was made mainly for temporarily very popular files - for example when a new movie or music album comes up. The download speed increases proportionately to the number of users downloading the same file and that is the biggest advantage of torrents.
torrent principle

Answered by Shobhit , an ibibo Master, at 11:46 AM on August 20, 2008

well, Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games.Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone.

Torrent principle

The BitTorrent protocol was made mainly for temporarily very popular files - for example when a new movie or music album comes up. The download speed increases proportionately to the number of users downloading the same file and that is the biggest advantage of torrents.
torrent principle

When you are downloading something through torrent, you share your already downloaded part at the same time (for this reason you break the law in most countries when you are downloading illegal data). When you start downloading, your application contacts a "tracker" server, which co-ordinates all clients (other users' applications). From the tracker the application finds out where to download from, which parts have the other users already downloaded and so on. Also your application informs the tracker about what part you were able to download until now - and by that it gives it at other users' disposal.
Problems

A situation, when the tracker server is not functional may turn up. In this case you can't begin downloading, but if you already are downloading, it doesn't have to be necessarily a problem to finish the download (your client already knows where to download from).
Then there may be no one downloading or sharing but you. Therefore you have nowhere to download from. This happens with old and unpopular torrents.
Theoretically a situation when there is nobody that has the file complete may come up (such user is called "seed" or "seeder") and you simply can't get the whole file together from the parts other users have.

* torrent is a file
* with torrents you can download almost everything on the net
* every file (or set of files) need to have an unique torrent file to download it
* to download anything through a torrent you need a torrent client

You probably already tried another ways of p2p sharing - torrent is just another method. The original BitTorrent client was written in Python and it has been made open-source. Thanks to that, we have a large variety of torrent clients today. Just choose which one you like.

Source: http://www.what-is-torrent.com /principle

Answered by Satya ~ , an ibibo Master, at 5:45 PM on August 11, 2008

well;
Torrent is a small file (around few kilobytes) with the suffix .torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file the torrent was made for. That means it contains file names, their sizes, where to download from and so on. You can get torrents for almost anything on lots of web sites and torrent search engines.

Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games (remember legality of downloading)

Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone (see torrent principle).

* torrent is a file
* with torrents you can download almost everything on the net
* every file (or set of files) need to have an unique torrent file to download it
* to download anything through a torrent you need a torrent client

You probably already tried another ways of p2p sharing - torrent is just another method. The original BitTorrent client was written in Python and it has been made open-source. Thanks to that, we have a large variety of torrent clients today. Just choose which one you like.
How to download files with a torrent?

Downloading with a torrent is actually very simple. You just need a rightly set torrent client (setting your connection speed is usually all you need to set). Then you open the torrent file inside your client, set a place where you want to download desired files and then just wait till it's downloaded. Downloading with a torrent is no more complicated than using any other p2p application, but even simpler.

Newest client versions:
uTorrent - 1.7.7(220 KB)
Azureus - 3.0.5.0(7,5 MB)

If you want to know more about torrents, continue to torrent principles or if you know enough, go pick a client to download.

Thanks

Answered by Kishore , an ibibo Master, at 9:10 AM on August 11, 2008

Torrent is a small file (around few kilobytes) with the suffix .torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file the torrent was made for. That means it contains file names, their sizes, where to download from and so on. You can get torrents for almost anything on lots of web sites and torrent search engines.

Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games (remember legality of downloading)
Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone (see torrent principle).

torrent is a file
with torrents you can download almost everything on the net
every file (or set of files) need to have an unique torrent file to download it
to download anything through a torrent you need a torrent client .

ADVANTAGE -The BitTorrent protocol was made mainly for temporarily very popular files - for example when a new movie or music album comes up. The download speed increases proportionately to the number of users downloading the same file and that is the biggest advantage of torrents.

DISADVANTAGE-A situation, when the tracker server is not functional may turn up. In this case you can't begin downloading, but if you already are downloading, it doesn't have to be necessarily a problem to finish the download (your client already knows where to download from).
Then there may be no one downloading or sharing but you. Therefore you have nowhere to download from. This happens with old and unpopular torrents.
Theoretically a situation when there is nobody that has the file complete may come up (such user is called seed or seeder) and you simply can't get the whole file together from the parts other users have.

SOURCE SITE : http://www.what-is-torrent.com /principle

Answered by Sanya Tahir , an ibibo Master, at 11:05 PM on August 10, 2008

well kabir,Torrent is a small file (around few kilobytes) with the suffix .torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file the torrent was made for. That means it contains file names, their sizes, where to download from and so on. You can get torrents for almost anything on lots of web sites and torren
Torrent is the most popular way of downloading large files, including movies and games (remember legality of downloading)

Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and whitch lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone (see torrent principle).

* torrent is a file
* with torrents you can download almost everything on the net
* every file (or set of files) need to have an unique torrent file to download it
* to download anything through a torrent you need a torrent client

You probably already tried another ways of p2p sharing - torrent is just another method. The original BitTorrent client was written in Python and it has been made open-source. Thanks to that, we have a large variety of torrent clients today. Just choose which one you like.
source:www.what-is-torr ent.com/

Answered by Debashis , an ibibo Master, at 8:51 PM on August 10, 2008