Isn’t a torrent just, like…directly sharing a file from your PC? What’s all this business about “seeding” and “leeching”?
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A torrent is a method of distributing large files in which the file is broken into small pieces and distributed among a network of users. Each user who downloads the file also uploads small pieces of the file to other users. This allows for efficient distribution, as all users are simultaneously uploading and downloading pieces of the file. The process is coordinated by a central “tracker” server, which keeps track of which users have which pieces of the file. A user wanting to download a file using a torrent must first install a “torrent client” on their computer, which communicates with the tracker server and coordinates the downloading and uploading of pieces of the file.
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