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Hi can somebody tell what bit torrent is as i just found it on my pc and i dont know what it is

I guess this page has all your answers.

Whats torrent all about?

it is an advanced p2p client

bittorrent is a way of sharing a file.

Normally, a file is on a website, and everyone gets the file of that website. If loads of people try to download the file, costs can become really high, and your server will be too expensive to run.

But with Bittorrent, the way it works is by you downloading different bits of the file from different people, and then combining it all together to get the whole file. There is a tracker server which tells people where to get the file from.

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Originally posted by saralk
bittorrent is a way of sharing a file.

Normally, a file is on a website, and everyone gets the file of that website. If loads of people try to download the file, costs can become really high, and your server will be too expensive to run.

But with Bittorrent, the way it works is by you downloading different bits of the file from different people, and then combining it all together to get the whole file. There is a tracker server which tells people where to get the file from.

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yup and it can amzingly fast compared to kazza and the like, and pretty illigal realy. there are tons of sites and clients to use.

they sites mostly avaiod the law beacause they dont host the files just lists and links

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Originally posted by King For A Day
and pretty illigal realy

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Its not illegal, it can be used to download illegal files but it is also a great way of share legal files, IIRC linux distros where shares very effectivly

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Originally posted by Veggie

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Originally posted by King For A Day
and pretty illigal realy

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Its not illegal, it can be used to download illegal files but it is also a great way of share legal files, IIRC linux distros where shares very effectivly

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ah ok, they are shutting them down now i think, because there is nso much illigall stuff.

the one i suse for music only lets you share files that arnt part of the  RIAA or MPAA.

http://www.kraytracker.com/

its greta for obscure punk and ska

There's also a wealth of information on Wikipedia

I think it's the best way to share files, mainly very big ones, like full series, anime, where the files are bigger than 1GB, legal/illegal stuff.

And for downloading files, its like Audiogalaxy's system, you search the web for the files and the program downloads them (...old times...) with the difference that its not only one site......