What is a torrent?
Torrents are specialized files utilized in peer-to-peer (P2P) network environments. The first P2P software designed to utilize torrents was BitTorrent by Bram Cohen.
How torrent is different from Limewire?
A torrent system works a little different from how limewire does. When you search in Limewire, the program scouts through other Limewire user files to find what best matches your search. If you choose to download a file, it makes a copy of the other persons (or group of peoples) file and puts it onto your computer.
Torrents work in much the same way. However, a separate file first needs to be downloaded. This separate file, commonly known as a torrent (.torrent) file, has all the information needed to download what you want. Basically, the torrent file is a set of instructions where and what to get. The big benefit of this system is that you can download entire libraries of files, not just one by one.
What is a .torrent file?
To start the download of a file, a user has to click on a link pointing to .torrent meta-data file. These meta-data files are not stored on the torrent trackers server, but are distributed among a number of .torrent file servers. In turn, each .torrent file points to a tracker, which keeps a global registry of all the downloaders and seeds of the corresponding file. The tracker responds to a user’s request with a list of some of the peers having (part of) the requested file, with whom the user can establish direct connections to barter for chunks of the file. One tracker can supervise the simultaneous downloads of multiple files.
What is Seed?
This is a torrent downloader who completely is finished downloading the files. Now he/she is only distributing.
What is Leecher/Peer?
This is the term used for a torrent downloader who is downloading the torrent. This would be you if your not 100% done with the download.
What is a torrent tracker?
A tracker is a program, not located on your computer, which keeps track of everyone who is downloading the same torrent. Each torrent file comes with their own instruction to which tracker the torrent belongs to. BitTorrent trackers are software server “toolkit” applications that typically run on Web sites.
Tracker software serves up torrent files for download from a web site. The torrent tracker maintains information about all BitTorrent clients utilizing each torrent. Using the tracker, the program connects to different peers from which it gets the files.
What is a bit torrent client?
A BitTorrent client is any program which implements the BitTorrent protocol. Each client is capable of preparing, requesting, and transmitting any type of computer file over a network, using the protocol.
How does it work?
What basically happens is a users browses a torrent tracker to find a torrent file of interest, download it, and open it with a BitTorrent client. The client connects to the tracker specified in the torrent file, from which it receives a list of peers currently transferring pieces of the file(s) specified in the torrent. The client connects to those peers to obtain the various pieces.
Such a group of peers connected to each other to share a torrent is called a swarm. If the swarm contains only the initial seeder, the client connects directly to it and begins to request pieces. As peers enter the swarm, they begin to trade pieces with one another, instead of downloading directly from the seeder.
Now, Getting things done? Start Downloading
First of all, you need a program that will take the torrent file and download the files associated with it. There are Softwares for torrents but because all the programs are mostly exactly the same, it doesn’t really matter which one to chose.
A lot of Torrents websites are there, where you can find torrent downloads in almost many categories.
Search for the files you want like ‘OpenSuse’ or ‘Need For Speed Most Wanted’ Game. When you get your results, download the file utorrent should automatically identify and download and open giving you options about what files to download, where to put them etc. Press ok, and the file should start downloading. Your done!
My email address is ATTABOYSLIM@SBCGLOBAL.NET. Please, Please will anyone answer these tiny questions before I totally assume this to be completely insane. I just read that this was better and easier than Limewire, for instance and it sounds like too many drugs for the Author. On one, I search … I choose … I download. On the other, I search … I get a thousand little pieces that I must barter for (no mention of what I am to use in trade for these bits) and sometime around 2012, I get the item I wanted. Through this, I needed to know that I was a Leech with seeds who was asking Santa Clause for a Puppy? I fail to understand the simplicity in that much work to find something … anything. I was told that this page would teach me to use torrents in 10 minutes and I'm having trouble understanding that statement as well. Please enlighten me. Thank You.
Always go for torrents with large number of seeds & good health. Comments or views from various people there, also helps you find some good torrents to download.
On my honor and dignity, I am trying to avoid sounding disrespectful but your comment might have said, “I love Apples, Apple Cider is better but my all time favorite is cherries” and I would have gotten just as much help. Just to poignantly illustrate the most important factors other than I don't know how is to add a question. “When looking for seeds, how many per bunch is optimal and should they be planted along side my 'Leeches'? I'd like to avoid cross pollination but the real question is, “Once the seeds are germinated and begin to sprout, how will I know if I am growing Torrents or Bits? I've heard that they often look alike but one taste terrible while the other is slightly bitter. How do I know what a torrent looks like? I hope this has provided insight to correctly explain my initial question. Thank You.
I want you question in just one line, Ken ?
I do not know how to start a Torrent, search for a torrent or download a torrent because I Know Nothing at all about Torrents and would like to know if you can help me, Please?
You will get back to you with answers tomorrow. Just wait. I am busy with some clients now.
I am thinking to post a more explaining article for you.
Oops? Did you mean one “Line” as in 'until border of page' or one “sentence” as in 'until the period'?
Thats too funny Ken. I was replying to your question & was disconnected from internet as soon as posted the reply. So, not edited it again. Now entering the continuation to that ” I want you to be more specific about your question? ”
Otherwise, ^^ Good catch.
Please Sir, I do not understand ^^ Good Catch
And are you asking me to explain, in detail about my problem with torrents or am I to simplify it in single concerns? I am terribly sorry and do not wish to anger you but, well please email me direct at ATTABOYSLIM@SBCGLOBAL.NET and inform me of your specific requirements and I will comply. Thank You, Ken
So. Ken Get all your answers here
http://inforids.com/how-to-use-bittorrent-to-do…
Hoping you would start using torrents after reading that.