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Glossary of BitTorrent terms

Index Glossary of BitTorrent terms

This is a glossary of jargon related to peer-to-peer file sharing via the BitTorrent protocol. [1]

7 relations: BitTorrent, BitTorrent (disambiguation), BitTyrant, Popcorn Time, Seed (disambiguation), Torrent file, Tracker scrape.

BitTorrent

BitTorrent (abbreviated to BT) is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) which is used to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet.

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BitTorrent (disambiguation)

BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) communications protocol for file sharing.

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BitTyrant

BitTyrant is a BitTorrent client modified from the Java-based Azureus 2.5 code base.

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Popcorn Time

Popcorn Time is a multi-platform, free software BitTorrent client that includes an integrated media player.

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Seed (disambiguation)

A seed is an encased plant embryo.

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Torrent file

In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms.

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Tracker scrape

A scrape, or tracker scrape, is a request sent by a BitTorrent client to a tracker.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_BitTorrent_terms

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