what is a torrent

[kram1234]

I am basically a newbie. I keep hearing this term concerning screen caps. what is it and how do you use it

[Turtle]

I am basically a newbie. I keep hearing this term concerning screen caps. what is it and how do you use it

Thread here: http://www.famousboard.com/general-q...nt.html#356271

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) communications protocol for file sharing. The protocol was designed in April 2001 and implemented in Summer 2002 by programmer Bram Cohen, and is now maintained by BitTorrent, Inc.

BitTorrent is a method of distributing large amounts of data widely without the original distributor incurring the whole of the corresponding costs of hardware, hosting and bandwidth resources. Instead of the distributor alone servicing each recipient, under BitTorrent the recipients each also supply data to newer recipients, thus significantly reducing the cost and burden on any given individual source as well as providing redundancy against system problems, and reducing dependence upon the original distributor.

CableLabs, the research organization of the North American cable industry, believes that BitTorrent could represent 55% of the upstream traffic on the cable company's access network. CacheLogic puts that number at roughly 35% of all traffic on the Internet. Another paper states that some 18% of all broadband traffic carries torrent files needed to initiate BitTorrent downloads. The large discrepancies in these numbers could be caused by dissenting opinions on the methodology to measure P2P traffic on the Internet.

There are numerous compatible BitTorrent clients, written in a variety of programming languages, and running on a variety of computing platforms.

Basicly it's a way of sharing information, be it music, films, software or even pictures, with other people.
You need a program like BitCommet to use them.
It's file sharing on a big scale. You allow others to take part of what you have downloaded while you download even more from someone else.

[hoops_vl]

use utorrent if you're on windows, it is the best torrent client for windows.
if you're on linux, use ktorrent, it is the best torrent client for linux.
if you're on mac, i don't know which torrent client is best, perhaps azureus?

I've always used Azureus. How does that compare to utorrent?

[echoes]

use utorrent if you're on windows, it is the best torrent client for windows.
if you're on linux, use ktorrent, it is the best torrent client for linux.
if you're on mac, i don't know which torrent client is best, perhaps azureus?

I've always used Azureus. How does that compare to utorrent?

azureus is waaaaaaaay overkill. utorrent is SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT. azureus is based on java which makes it very sluggish compared to utorrent.

[The Monk]

if you're on mac, i don't know which torrent client is best, perhaps azureus?

I used to use Tomato Torrent, now I just use BitTorrent

[Curmudgeon]

Just to clear things up for the newbie, µtorrent is what they're actually referring to when they type "utorrent". The Greek letter µ is the scientific abbreviation for "micro", meaning 1 millionth, and colloqually used to mean "quite small".

µtorrent is the BitTorrent client that I use, and you can find out more about it here: http://www.utorrent.com/

[demonicus69]

utorent is the one to go with. at least that's how i feel. that's how i do my pirating,,,,,i mean sharing. i used to use several but utorrent was the one that i found easier to use. it's made me happy.

[echoes]

ktorrent for linux (coming to windows soon) is like the linux equivalent of utorrent, only better. mainly cuz it is open source and cross platform while utorrent is neither.