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kamaferro
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_ 		4. September 2005 @ 03:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
is there a site to understand the P2P, torrents terminology, seeding, dht, peering and so on

Thanks
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DarthMaul
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_ 		17. September 2005 @ 10:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
theres a page about torrents , go to the tab guides
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J-Kwon
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_ 		17. September 2005 @ 11:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A Seeder = the one(s) with the file
A seeder is uploading, to get a file you need at least 1 seed in the swarm

A Leecher = the one(s) without the file (also known as a peer)
A leecher is downloading from a seeder (and most of the time is also uploading to other peers/leechers too)

A Tracker = the thing that keeps track of who has what and what pieces
There are many trackers out there, some public and some private

A Swarm = the group of computers involved with any one particular torrent.
The number of computers that the swarm contains is found by adding the number of seeds to the number of peers.

Ratio = the amount you have downloaded compared to the amount you have uploaded. Also referred to as your stats. If you use Bit Torrent you MUST upload/seed as much as you download/leech.

Reseed = asking someone to repost a torrent that has no seeds


Basic terminology, :P
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