P2P: How Does It Work?

[Bolt]

I have been wanting to know for so long! how does peer to peer and torrent clients work?

[xBrandonx]

You download stuff from another computer and thhey are sharing the files? Haha long story short

[Twinkie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

[iHackr]

Originally Posted by Twinkie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

lol- you can always search google...basically you download files and then you "share" them. "sharing" them enables other users to download the files. the more people "share"(aka Seeds) the faster the download

[Bolt]

Originally Posted by Twinkie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

thanks twinkie, that helped. I just wanted to learn how the transfer worked, and about seeds.

[CHAINS]

Hey Legend
1. BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (or P2P) protocol used for the distribution of large files.

2. A .torrent file is a small metadata file. Metadata here means that the file contains information about the data you want to download, not the data itself.

3. A seed is a client that has a complete copy of the data of a certain torrent. Once your BitTorrent client finishes downloading, it will remain open until you click the Finish button (or otherwise close it). This is known as being a seed or seeding.

4. A leecher is a client that is currently downloading the data of a torrent. A leecher does not have the complete file, otherwise it would be called a seed.

5. Basically, it means that more the seeds a torrent has, more its health and more speed you get.

I would personally suggest uTorrent for a good Bit-Torrent client.

[Bolt]

thanks you chains, very helpful. added to your rep

[ananas]

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