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  BitTorrent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BitTorrent is designed to distribute large amounts of data widely without incurring the corresponding consumption in costly server and bandwidth resources.
BitTorrent 4.0.4 running under Windows XP The method used by BitTorrent to distribute files parallels the one used by the eDonkey2000 network, but nodes in eDonkey's file sharing network usually share and download a much larger number of files, making the bandwidth available to each transfer much smaller.
BitTorrent is also used to distribute updates to the BitTorrent client itself, as well as to other clients such as Azureus and BitComet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bittorrent   (5369 words)

  
 What is BitTorrent? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary
BitTorrent is a file distribution system used for transferring files across a network of people.
As you download a file, BitTorrent places what you download on upload for other users; when multiple people are downloading the same file at the same time they upload pieces of the file to each other.
BitTorrent pieces together the file you are downloading, to where the first part of a file you get may be the last part someone else gets.
www.webopedia.com /TERM/B/BitTorrent.html   (163 words)

  
 BitTorrent.org » For Users   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BitTorrent gives you the same freedom to publish previously enjoyed by only a select few with special equipment and lots of money.
BitTorrent, the result of over two years of intensive development, is a simple and free software product that addresses all of these problems.
BitTorrent is not just a concept, but has an easy-to-use implementation capable of swarming downloads across unreliable networks.
www.bittorrent.org /introduction.html   (272 words)

  
 The BitTorrent P2P file-sharing system | The Register
In BitTorrent, files are split up into chunks (on the order of a thousand per file), and the downloaders of a file barter for chunks of it by uploading and downloading them in a tit-for-tat-like manner to prevent parasitic behavior.
The BitTorrent protocol specifies that a tracker returns only a limited number (with a default of 20) of randomly selected peer IP numbers.
In [7], the log of a Bittorrent tracker is analysed; it shows for a single file the flashcrowd effect and download speed.
www.theregister.co.uk /2004/12/18/bittorrent_measurements_analysis   (4063 words)

  
 BitTorrent : Java Glossary
BitTorrent is especially popular for distributing Linux distributions as iso CD images.
BitTorrent is quite a bit slower than ordinary downloading, because your download speed is limited by other ordinary users upload speeds.
BitTorrent client won't tell you if it has successfully negotiated the firewall and what ports it is using.
mindprod.com /jgloss/bittorrent.html   (2021 words)

  
 BitTorrentFAQ - TheoryOrg
BitTorrent also saturates the 'slow' side of asymmetric connections with it's uploading, which upsets the 'surf and download' usage the cable modem providers are expecting from their typical user.
They use a similar idea to BitTorrent in that 'clients' can also become 'servers', but the model is different because the clients generally just help retransmit the feed they are receiving from an upstream server.
A: BitTorrent clients play a tit-for-tat game with transfer rates; if you tell your client to limit its maximum upload rate, that will make its peers limit the rate they download to you at.
wiki.theory.org /index.php/BitTorrentFAQ   (2654 words)

  
 BitTorrent - Lifehacker
BitTorrent has been around for long enough that most people are aware of what a terrific tool it is for the TV lover.
Of course there are other ways to automatically download BitTorrent content with other clients, but with the integration of video playback in Democracy, you're one step closer to having all of the backend work done for you.
It's very easy to send a file via BitTorrent, and you can send it to many people at once and the speed will still be very good, so I decided to write a small tutorial to show people how easy it is and how well it works.
lifehacker.com /software/bittorrent   (1923 words)

  
 DDN Articles - BitTorrent: Making Bulky Video Files Easier to Share
BitTorrent harnesses the upstream bandwidth of every user downloading a torrent file, which means that he or she simultaneously retransmits the torrent.
The BitTorrent software also showed that I was peering with 37 other people, who were uploading the very same video file I was downloading to them.
Once a video has been downloaded using BitTorrent, it can also be distributed locally with speedy file duplication methods, such as connecting a laptop computer to a desktop computer using FireWire or USB 2, which can copy huge files in a few minutes.
www.digitaldivide.net /articles/view.php?ArticleID=26   (1164 words)

  
 BitTorrent FAQ and Guide
ABC ("Another BitTorrent Client") - This is a relatively new client that includes many of the most recent changes in the experimental versions, as well as other added features such as controling multiple downloads from a single window, queueing, automatic seeding, etc. See also: Sourceforge page.
BitTorrent is not like other peer-to-peer applications (such as Winmx, Kazaa, Gnutella, etc.) in that it does not have its own "universe." Put another way, BT lives on top of the Web, which means that all of the searching/listing of available files is done on the web.
BitTorrent uses the SHA hash function to determine which parts of the file are good and which are bad.
dessent.net /btfaq   (13783 words)

  
 Bittorrent - P2p foundation
BitTorrent is essentially a protocol, a way two computers can talk to each other, like HTTP (that thing your computer uses to talk to web pages), and you can use it to download files (like movies, games and mp3s) from the internet, and onto your computer.
In the BitTorrent protocol, a file is broken down into a small number of fixed size packets.
To this point, BitTorrent has been complicated enough that it hasn’t been adopted by artists, which means that most of the content people are sharing is being posted by people who didn’t make it themselves, mostly Hollywood movies and TV shows.
p2pfoundation.net /index.php/Bittorrent   (1553 words)

  
 Howstuffworks "How BitTorrent Works"
BitTorrent is a protocol that enables fast downloading of large files using minimum Internet bandwidth.
BitTorrent client software communicates with a tracker to find other computers running BitTorrent that have the complete file (seed computers) and those with a portion of the file (peers that are usually in the process of downloading the file).
The tracker identifies the swarm, which is the connected computers that have all of or a portion of the file and are in the process of sending or receiving it.
computer.howstuffworks.com /bittorrent.htm   (998 words)

  
 BitTorrent - BitComet
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol designed by Bram Cohen, and a family of of BitTorrent compatible clients (software) support this p2p protocol.
BitComet is a C++ BitTorrent client running on Windows, compatibale with BitTorrent along with many enhancement.
BitTorrent is designed to facilitate file transfers among multiple peers across unreliable networks.
wiki.bitcomet.com /help/BitTorrent   (133 words)

  
 Distribution/Download/BitTorrent - Fedora Project Wiki
BitTorrent is a method of downloading large files that takes advantage of peer-to-peer file sharing techniques.
Normally, a single server or small group of servers are all that provide the bandwidth for anyone who downloads a particular file.
BitTorrent distributes the load among the various BitTorrent users who are downloading the file.
fedoraproject.org /wiki/Distribution/Download/BitTorrent   (73 words)

  
 BitTorrent
However, the client is beginning to explode on the P2P scene lately with everyone including the BBC talking about it and even Shareaza supporting it.
BitTorrent may not be ready for a mainstream audience nor is it likely to be the only P2P tool that you use.
However, BitTorrent’s efficient distribution method has found a niche in P2P content in which it is thriving.
www.mp3newswire.net /stories/2003/bittorrent.html   (747 words)

  
 Slyck's Guide to BitTorrent - Intro
BitTorrent is a P2P system that makes transfering large files (or groups of files) amongst a large group of people easy, fast and efficient.
BitTorrent is a P2P system that uses a central location to manage users' downloads.
The BitTorrent network is impressive mostly for the speed and reliability with which you get files that have been recently released.
www.slyck.com /bt.php   (697 words)

  
 ONLamp.com -- BitTorrent Style
BitTorrent, every person downloading a file contributes a bit of bandwidth by exchanging portions of the file they want with other downloaders.
As a result, when looking at the BitTorrent code base there is no particularly coherent concept of 'start here.'" Cohen says the key to understanding BitTorrent is to first understand what the code is doing, that is, to understand the high level concept.
There are efforts underway to produce Java, Perl, and C++ implementations of BitTorrent peers, and there is an effort to create an extensible C implementation of the BitTorrent protocol, libtorrent.
www.onlamp.com /pub/a/python/2003/7/17/pythonnews.html   (785 words)

  
 Brian's BitTorrent FAQ and Guide: What is BitTorrent?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BitTorrent is a protocol designed for transferring files.
The key philosophy of BitTorrent is that users should upload (transmit outbound) at the same time they are downloading (receiving inbound.) In this manner, network bandwidth is utilized as efficiently as possible.
BitTorrent is designed to work better as the number of people interested in a certain file increases, in contrast to other file transfer protocols.
btfaq.com /serve/cache/3.html   (493 words)

  
 freshmeat.net: Project details for BitTorrent
BitTorrent is a tool for copying files from one machine to another.
With BitTorrent, clients automatically mirror files they download, making the publisher's burden almost nothing.
The bittorrent tracker returns error code 407 if client is behind a proxy.
freshmeat.net /projects/bittorrent   (553 words)

  
 Torrentula your bittorrent site torrents updated every minute - BitTorrent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BitTorrent is both the name of a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution client application and also the name of the file sharing protocol itself,
According to CacheLogic, BitTorrent traffic accounts for ~35% of all traffic on the internet.
Bittorrent news and downloads collected via rss supplemented with relevant ads.
torrentula.info /BitTorrent__Wikipedia_the_free_encyclopedia.rss.html   (226 words)

  
 distribution: OpenOffice.org P2P Downloads
BitTorrent is a P2P method where a central 'tracker' keeps track of who is downloading and sharing specific files.
When using BitTorrent to download OpenOffice.org, your computer automatically uses spare bandwidth to help share the file with others, and this means that you don't have to put up with slower downloads during peak download times (such as just after a release), because the more people downloading, the more people sharing.
To use BitTorrent technology, you must have a BitTorrent "client" installed.
distribution.openoffice.org /p2p   (248 words)

  
 CommonBits: How to start using BitTorrent to download files   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
BitTorrent is a file-sharing protocol which progressively distributes the bandwidth for transferring files across many users.
BitTorrent can speed file downloads making it possible to transfer large audio and video files over the Web in a reasonable amount of time (usually minutes or hours depending on the file size).
BitTorrent requires certain network "ports" to be open so that file sharing can operate properly.
blog.commonbits.org /2005/05/how_to_start_us.html   (3946 words)

  
 FileForum | BitTorrent for Windows   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Its advantage over plain HTTP is that when multiple downloads of the same file happen concurrently, the downloaders upload to each other, making it possible for the file source to support very large numbers of downloaders with only a modest increase in its load.
BitTorrent has the following other editions available: BitTorrent for Linux and BitTorrent for Mac OS X.
Azureus is the most feature complete and reliable Bittorrent client.
fileforum.betanews.com /detail/1064520206/1   (298 words)

  
 LinuxDevCenter.com -- Distributing Content with BitTorrent
BitTorrent has three distinct components: the client, the web server, and the tracker.
Beware the trap of false assumptions: surfing and downloading is so familiar that people take it for granted that supplying a file via BitTorrent is pretty much a case of uploading it to some server.
This is a hardcoded value in BitTorrent that must always be present in the tracker's URL.
www.linuxdevcenter.com /pub/a/linux/2005/08/25/bittorrent.html   (1169 words)

  
 BitTorrent EXPERIMENTAL download client
This is an unsupported, unofficial, and, most importantly, experimental build of the BitTorrent GUI for Windows from CVS with sliders for changing the maximum upload rate and maximum upload slots added, amongst various other patches and gimmicks.
These modifications are under the same license BitTorrent itself is (MIT-Style).
Courtesy of otaku and #bittorrent (please note that this channel is for development purposes ONLY; no files, no trading.
ei.kefro.st /projects/btclient   (751 words)

  
 BitTorrent 4.4.1 - VersionTracker:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Notify me when BitTorrent is updated on VersionTracker.
Went from 5-15k d/l speeds with BT, eventually dropping to 0 as it lost peers, to 40-90k on the same torrent with Bits on Wheels.
I've been using Bittorrent for a long time now and I've found the official client to be stable, fast and reliable.
www.versiontracker.com /dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18286   (310 words)

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