HOW TORRENTS WORK

TORRENT:

Torrent is a protocol that enables fast downloading of large files using minimum internet bandwidth.It costs nothing to use and includes no spyware or pop-up advertising.

BITTORRENT is also a protocol supporting the practice of peer-to-peer file sharing that is used to distribute large amounts of data over the internet.






Unlike other download methods,torrent maximizes transfer speed by gathering pieces of the file you want and downloading these pieces simultaneously from people who already have them.This process makes popular very large files,such as videos and television programs,download much faster than is possible with other protocols.



PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING

Peer-to-peer decentralized downloading is different from traditional centralized downloading.In peer-to-peer sharing,we use a software program like bittorrent which locate computers that have the file we want.Because these are ordinary computers like yours,as  opposed to servers,they are called peers.


Let us see the process of working:


you run peer-to-peer file-sharing software on your computer and send a request for the file you want to download.

To locate the file,the software queries other computers that are connected to the internet and running the file-sharing software.

When the software finds a computer that has the file you want on its hard disk,the download begins.

Others using the file-sharing software can obtain files they want from your computers hard disk.

Some people download files and immediately disconnect without allowing others to obtain files from their system,which is called leeching.