What is Torrent?

Every Internet user comes to this sooner or later. .. To download your first torrent file. After all, for torrent services there are almost no impracticable tasks - they are ready to provide any file you need, whether it's an audio recording, video or a book. However, before you taste all the delights of working with such services, you definitely need to learn what a torrent is and how to use it correctly.   

What is a torrent?

Torrent - specially created in 2001 software for the most simple transfer of any files. Its peculiarity is that the files are not transmitted in whole, but in parts( bits) and parts are transmitted within the network. After all the parts are transferred, the torrent will collect them into one searchable file on the computer.

What is a torrent tracker?

To place files with music, movies, games, various programs, books, torrent sites are created - trackers. It is here that users from different cities and countries of the world make the exchange of files - their distribution.

The most popular torrent trackers in Russia are torrents.ru, rus-torrents.ru, rutracker.ru, nnm-club.ru, tfile.en.

What is the distribution in the torrent?

A distribution is the process of distributing a file between tracker members.

The main principle of any torrent tracker: downloaded itself - share it with another. The reason is that the files are not uploaded to the server - they are constantly transferred between the tracker members. Therefore, if the user downloads the file, but does not give it to other distributors, he will soon exhaust the download limit given to him and will not be able to use the services of the service in the future.

What is a torrent file?

The torrent file contains information for downloading the file you need. Only after saving it on your computer and opening it with the help of the client, you can start downloading. To work with torrent files on your computer, you must install one of the programs( clients) specially created for this purpose: BitComet, BitSpirit, μTorrent, etc.

The torrent file can not only be downloaded, but also created for its subsequent distribution to other people. This is not just a gesture of goodwill - thus you again get the ability to download other files from other participants. The more you give, the more you get.

What is a feast in a torrent?

A feast is a person who participates in the distribution of a torrent file. He downloads it and simultaneously gives it to other participants.

What is a sid in a torrent?

Sid is a person who has the file completely. He has already downloaded it and now only distributes it. The speed of downloading files depends largely on the number of siders in the distribution.

In the process of working with trackers, you will learn a lot of necessary nuances, but you already know the most necessary information about what a torrent is, thanks to us.