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106 relations: Advertising, Adware, Android (operating system), Arbor Networks, Ask.com, Bandwidth (computing), Bing (search engine), BitComet, BitTorrent, BitTorrent (company), BitTorrent (software), BitTorrent protocol encryption, BitTorrent tracker, Bram Cohen, Broadcatching, C++, Cache (computing), Canada, Central processing unit, CNET, Command-line interface, Communication protocol, Comparison of BitTorrent clients, Conduit toolbar, Cryptocurrency, Debian, Deep Note, Deluge (software), Distributed hash table, Dotdash, Dynamic-link library, Easter egg (media), Engadget, Executable compression, Fedora (operating system), Freeware, Graphical user interface, Graphics processing unit, Greek alphabet, Greek language, HTTPS, Input/output (C++), Intel 80486, Internationalization and localization, IP address, IPv6, KTorrent, Library (computing), Libtorrent, Lifehacker, ..., Linux, Litecoin, Local area network, Ludvig Strigeus, Mac OS X Leopard, MacOS, Magnet URI scheme, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, Megabyte, Memory footprint, Metric prefix, Micro Transport Protocol, Micro-, Microsoft Windows, Mu (letter), Open-source software, P2pnet, PC Magazine, PC World, Peer exchange, Plug-in (computing), Proprietary software, Proxy server, QBittorrent, Retspan, Riskware, RSS, Search box, Slyck.com, Software bloat, Software framework, Software release life cycle, Software testing, Streaming media, Super-seeding, Sweden, Teredo tunneling, Tetris, The Inquirer, The Register, TorrentFreak, Traffic shaping, Transmission (BitTorrent client), Ubuntu (operating system), Universal Plug and Play, University of California, Riverside, UPX, Vuze, Web browser, Windows 7, Windows 95, Windows XP, Wine (software), Wired (magazine), Xunlei, Yandex Browser. Expand index (56 more) »
Advertising
Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored, non-personal message to promote or sell a product, service or idea.
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Adware
Adware, or advertising-supported software, is software that generates revenue for its developer by automatically generating online advertisements in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during the installation process.
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Android (operating system)
Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open source software and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.
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Arbor Networks
Arbor Networks is a software company founded in 2000.
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Ask.com
Ask.com (originally known as Ask Jeeves) is a question answering-focused e-business and web search engine founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California.
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Bandwidth (computing)
In computing, bandwidth is the maximum rate of data transfer across a given path.
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Bing (search engine)
Bing is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft.
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BitComet
BitComet (originally named SimpleBT client from versions 0.11 to 0.37) is a cross-protocol BitTorrent, HTTP and FTP client written in C++ for Microsoft Windows and available in 52 different languages.
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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 (company)
BitTorrent, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a privately held American company that is responsible for the ongoing development of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer protocol, as well as the ongoing development of µTorrent and BitTorrent Mainline, two clients for that protocol.
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BitTorrent (software)
BitTorrent is an ad-supported BitTorrent client developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol.
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BitTorrent protocol encryption
Protocol encryption (PE), message stream encryption (MSE) or protocol header encrypt (PHE) are related features of some peer-to-peer file-sharing clients, including BitTorrent clients.
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BitTorrent tracker
A BitTorrent tracker is a special type of server, one that assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol.
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Bram Cohen
Bram Cohen (born October 12, 1975) is an American computer programmer, best known as the author of the peer-to-peer (P2P) BitTorrent protocol, as well as the first file sharing program to use the protocol, also known as BitTorrent.
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Broadcatching
Broadcatching is the downloading of digital content that has been made available over the Internet using RSS.
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C++
C++ ("see plus plus") is a general-purpose programming language.
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Cache (computing)
In computing, a cache, is a hardware or software component that stores data so future requests for that data can be served faster; the data stored in a cache might be the result of an earlier computation, or the duplicate of data stored elsewhere.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.
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CNET
CNET (stylized as c|net) is an American media website that publishes reviews, news, articles, blogs, podcasts and videos on technology and consumer electronics globally.
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Command-line interface
A command-line interface or command language interpreter (CLI), also known as command-line user interface, console user interface and character user interface (CUI), is a means of interacting with a computer program where the user (or client) issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text (command lines).
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Communication protocol
In telecommunication, a communication protocol is a system of rules that allow two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any kind of variation of a physical quantity.
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Comparison of BitTorrent clients
The following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol.
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Conduit toolbar
The Conduit toolbar was an online platform that allowed web publishers to create custom toolbars, web apps, and mobile apps at no cost.
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Cryptocurrency
A cryptocurrency (or crypto currency) is digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange that uses strong cryptography to secure financial transactions, control the creation of additional units, and verify the transfer of assets.
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Debian
Debian is a Unix-like computer operating system that is composed entirely of free software, and packaged by a group of individuals participating in the Debian Project.
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Deep Note
The Deep Note is THX's audio trademark, a distinctive synthesized crescendo that glissandos from a relatively narrow frequency spread (about 200-400Hz) to a broader frequency spread (of about 3 octaves).
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Deluge (software)
Deluge is a BitTorrent client written in Python.
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Distributed hash table
A distributed hash table (DHT) is a class of a decentralized distributed system that provides a lookup service similar to a hash table: (key, value) pairs are stored in a DHT, and any participating node can efficiently retrieve the value associated with a given key.
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Dotdash
Dotdash (formerly About.com) is an American Internet-based network of content that publishes articles and videos about various subjects on its "topic sites", of which there are nearly 1,000.
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Dynamic-link library
Dynamic-link library (or DLL) is Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept in the Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems.
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Easter egg (media)
In computer software and media, an Easter egg is an intentional inside joke, hidden message or image, or secret feature of a work.
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Engadget
Engadget is a multilingual technology blog network with daily coverage of gadgets and consumer electronics.
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Executable compression
Executable compression is any means of compressing an executable file and combining the compressed data with decompression code into a single executable.
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Fedora (operating system)
Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat.
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Freeware
Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost.
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Graphical user interface
The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.
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Graphics processing unit
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.
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Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet has been used to write the Greek language since the late 9th or early 8th century BC.
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Greek language
Greek (Modern Greek: ελληνικά, elliniká, "Greek", ελληνική γλώσσα, ellinikí glóssa, "Greek language") is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece and other parts of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea.
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HTTPS
HTTP Secure (HTTPS) is an extension of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) for secure communication over a computer network, and is widely used on the Internet.
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Input/output (C++)
In the C++ programming language, input/output library refers to a family of class templates and supporting functions in the C++ Standard Library that implement stream-based input/output capabilities.
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Intel 80486
The Intel 80486, also known as the i486 or 486, is a higher performance follow-up to the Intel 80386 microprocessor.
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Internationalization and localization
In computing, internationalization and localization are means of adapting computer software to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target locale.
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IP address
An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.
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IPv6
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification and location system for computers on networks and routes traffic across the Internet.
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KTorrent
KTorrent is a BitTorrent client that is part of the KDE Software Compilation.
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Library (computing)
In computer science, a library is a collection of non-volatile resources used by computer programs, often for software development.
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Libtorrent
libtorrent is an open source implementation of the BitTorrent protocol.
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Lifehacker
Lifehacker is a weblog about life hacks and software which launched on January 31, 2005.
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Linux
Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.
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Litecoin
Litecoin (LTC or Ł) is a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency and open source software project released under the MIT/X11 license.
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Local area network
A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.
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Ludvig Strigeus
Ludvig Strigeus (Ludde) is a Swedish programmer, best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client µTorrent, OpenTTD, and Spotify.
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Mac OS X Leopard
Mac OS X Leopard (version 10.5) is the sixth major release of Mac OS X (now named macOS), Apple's desktop and server operating system for Macintosh computers.
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MacOS
macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.
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Magnet URI scheme
The Magnet URI scheme defines the format of magnet links, a de facto standard for identifying files by their content, via cryptographic hash value rather than by their location.
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Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS) is a computer science research institute co-located in Saarbrücken and Kaiserslautern, Germany.
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Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Memory footprint
Memory footprint refers to the amount of main memory that a program uses or references while running.
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Metric prefix
A metric prefix is a unit prefix that precedes a basic unit of measure to indicate a multiple or fraction of the unit.
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Micro Transport Protocol
Micro Transport Protocol or µTP (sometimes also uTP) is an open UDP-based variant of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing protocol intended to mitigate poor latency and other congestion control issues found in conventional BitTorrent over TCP, while providing reliable, ordered delivery.
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Micro-
Micro- (symbol µ) is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of 10−6 (one millionth).
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Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a group of several graphical operating system families, all of which are developed, marketed, and sold by Microsoft.
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Mu (letter)
Mu (uppercase Μ, lowercase μ; Ancient Greek μῦ, μι or μυ—both) or my is the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet.
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Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is a type of computer software whose source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.
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P2pnet
p2pnet.net was an online news website which mainly covered stories which are relevant to peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P).
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PC Magazine
PC Magazine (shortened as PCMag) is an American computer magazine published by Ziff Davis.
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PC World
PC World, stylized PCWorld, is a global computer magazine published monthly by IDG.
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Peer exchange
Peer exchange or PEX is a communications protocol that augments the BitTorrent file sharing protocol.
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Plug-in (computing)
In computing, a plug-in (or plugin, add-in, addin, add-on, addon, or extension) is a software component that adds a specific feature to an existing computer program.
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Proprietary software
Proprietary software is non-free computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights—usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes patent rights.
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Proxy server
In computer networks, a proxy server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers.
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QBittorrent
qBittorrent is a cross-platform client for the BitTorrent protocol that is released under the GNU GPL, version 2.
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Retspan
RetSpan was a French anti-piracy organization that attempted to shut down SuprNova for copyright violations in 2004.
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Riskware
Riskware, a portmanteau of risk and software, is a word used to describe software whose installation and execution poses a possible yet not definite risk to a host computer.
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RSS
RSS (Rich Site Summary; originally RDF Site Summary; often called Really Simple Syndication) is a type of web feed which allows users to access updates to online content in a standardized, computer-readable format.
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Search box
A search box, search field or search bar is a graphical control element used in computer programs, such as file managers or web browsers, and on web sites.
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Slyck.com
Slyck.com is a website that was once dedicated to all things pertaining to file sharing news.
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Software bloat
Software bloat is a process whereby successive versions of a computer program become perceptibly slower, use more memory, disk space or processing power, or have higher hardware requirements than the previous version—whilst making only dubious user-perceptible improvements or suffering from feature creep.
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Software framework
In computer programming, a software framework is an abstraction in which software providing generic functionality can be selectively changed by additional user-written code, thus providing application-specific software.
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Software release life cycle
A software release life cycle is the sum of the stages of development and maturity for a piece of computer software: ranging from its initial development to its eventual release, and including updated versions of the released version to help improve software or fix software bugs still present in the software.
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Software testing
Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the software product or service under test.
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Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a provider.
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Super-seeding
In file sharing, super-seeding is an algorithm developed by John Hoffman for the BitTorrent communications protocol that helps downloaders to be able to become uploaders more quickly, but it introduces the danger of total seeding failure if there is only one downloader.
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Sweden
Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.
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Teredo tunneling
In computer networking, Teredo is a transition technology that gives full IPv6 connectivity for IPv6-capable hosts that are on the IPv4 Internet but have no native connection to an IPv6 network.
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Tetris
Tetris (Тетрис) is a tile-matching puzzle video game, originally designed and programmed by Russian game designer Alexey Pajitnov.
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The Inquirer
The Inquirer is a British technology tabloid website founded by Mike Magee after his departure from The Register (of which he was one of the founding members) in 2001.
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The Register
The Register (nicknamed El Reg) is a British technology news and opinion website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee, John Lettice and Ross Alderson.
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TorrentFreak
TorrentFreak (abbreviated TF) is a blog dedicated to reporting the latest news and trends on the BitTorrent protocol and file sharing, as well as on copyright infringement and digital rights.
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Traffic shaping
Traffic shaping is a bandwidth management technique used on computer networks which delays some or all datagrams to bring them into compliance with a desired traffic profile.
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Transmission (BitTorrent client)
Transmission is a BitTorrent client which features a variety of user interfaces on top of a cross-platform back-end.
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Ubuntu (operating system)
Ubuntu (stylized as ubuntu) is a free and open source operating system and Linux distribution based on Debian.
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Universal Plug and Play
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of networking protocols that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, and entertainment.
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University of California, Riverside
The University of California, Riverside (UCR or UC Riverside), is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system.
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UPX
UPX (Ultimate Packer for Executables) is a free and open source executable packer supporting a number of file formats from different operating systems.
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Vuze
Vuze (previously Azureus) is a BitTorrent client used to transfer files via the BitTorrent protocol.
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Web browser
A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for accessing information on the World Wide Web.
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Windows 7
Windows 7 (codenamed Vienna, formerly Blackcomb) is a personal computer operating system developed by Microsoft.
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Windows 95
Windows 95 (codenamed Chicago) is a consumer-oriented operating system developed by Microsoft.
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Windows XP
Windows XP (codenamed Whistler) is a personal computer operating system that was produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
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Wine (software)
Wine (recursive backronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator) is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs (application software and computer games) developed for Microsoft Windows to run on Unix-like operating systems.
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Wired (magazine)
Wired is a monthly American magazine, published in print and online editions, that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.
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Xunlei
Xunlei Limited is a Chinese multinational technology company and an online service provider founded in 2003.
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Yandex Browser
Yandex Browser is a freeware web browser developed by the Russian web search corporation Yandex that uses the Blink web browser engine and is based on the Chromium open source project.
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PiTorrent, Pitorrent, UTorrent, Utorrent.com.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ΜTorrent
