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Torrent. . ?
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| It's a peer-to-peer method of transferring files. Made popular by sites hosting pirated materials, but also used by any site that just wants to save bandwidth.
| Let's say that you want to download the latest episode of your tv show.
Usually if you google "download show A" you'll get websites that provide a link to the show. The file of the show is hosted by cloud service like mega, mediafire, google drive and others.
The thing is, sometimes the link doesn't work because the file is taken down by the uploader, or by the "owner" of the show, or even by the host.
| With torrent, the file is not hosted by those website, but by individuals that possess the file. If you download the torrent of the show, gurls that possess the file will transmit the file little by little to your PC. Once you are done, you can do the same by sharing the file to newgurls that don't have the file.
This way, as long as one gurl has the file, there is a possibility for other gurls to have it too
Sharing your file = Seeding
Getting others to share the file = leeching
| >>96189
Nice explanation. I would like to add that one should be careful using torrents to download copyrighted and/or illegal content without a VPN connection from a trustworthy, privacy-aware provider (your ISP is not).
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