Tracker is a server that enables creating connections between peers.Ĭhoking is the process of refusing to send files to a particular client.Īvailability represents how many full copies of a torrent are available.ĭHT or Distributed Hash Table is a decentralized distributed system that distributes files more efficiently and saves bandwidth. Swarm is a collection of users interested in sharing a specific torrent. Seeders are users with a complete torrent and downloaders are users with a part of the torrent. Peers can be further divided into seeders and downloaders (or leeches). Peer is a user sharing a specific torrent.
It is also used to describe the file or collection of files and folders themselves. Torrent is a file containing information about files and trackers. While virtually all clients will cover the basic task of downloading files, there are many combinations of usability, features and philosophy to consider depending on intended use. Traditional vs Decentralized P2P DownloadingĬhoosing a BitTorrent client can be a difficult process due to the complex nature of the technology. BitTorrent is a file transfer protocol used to share files between users without requiring a central server that hosts the files.
