jenn
02-19-2005, 08:57 PM
cause everyone mentions this and i have no idea what you're talking about.
View Full Version : what is a 'torrent'? jenn 02-19-2005, 08:57 PM cause everyone mentions this and i have no idea what you're talking about. Hillzy 02-19-2005, 08:58 PM lal killer_tomato 02-19-2005, 09:02 PM http://thelastminute.typepad.com/blog/images/image-6.jpg wally 02-19-2005, 09:02 PM it's the new p2p rage!~!!!@@! http://dessent.net/btfaq/ Black Somalian 02-19-2005, 09:09 PM Dumb fat hag GlasgowKiss 02-19-2005, 09:50 PM You could have asked anyone, but you asked netphoria. You must enjoy it. Kinky. Mariner 02-19-2005, 09:55 PM Originally posted by Black Somalian Dumb hat fag <img src=http://www.******bergman.com.au/molly/molly.jpg> DeviousJ 02-19-2005, 10:03 PM Ixnay on the orrenttay Mariner 02-19-2005, 10:08 PM Originally posted by DeviousJ Ixnay on the orrenttay shhh erhe omescay the iaaray Mariner 02-19-2005, 10:09 PM oh itshay, and the paamay! Black Somalian 02-19-2005, 10:16 PM Originally posted by Mariner <img src=http://www.******bergman.com.au/molly/molly.jpg> GOLD Orchestra 02-19-2005, 10:37 PM *Non-serious answer* DieDiemydarling 02-19-2005, 10:37 PM Originally posted by Mariner <img src=http://www.******bergman.com.au/molly/molly.jpg> I see that guy on Tv sometimes. Mariner 02-19-2005, 10:37 PM Originally posted by Orchestra *laziness* Debaser 02-19-2005, 10:44 PM BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution tool written by programmer Bram Cohen which debuted at CodeCon 2002. The reference implementation is written in Python and is released under the MIT License. With BitTorrent, files are broken into smaller fragments, typically a quarter of a megabyte each. As the fragments get distributed to the peers, they can be reassembled on the requesting machine in random order. Each peer takes advantage of the best connections to the missing pieces while providing an upload connection to the pieces it already has. This scheme has proven particularly adept in trading large files such as videos and software source code. In conventional downloading, high demand leads to bottlenecks as demand surges for bandwidth from the host server. With BitTorrent, high demand can actually speed throughput as more bandwidth and additional “seeds” of the completed file are available to the group. Cohen claims that for very popular files, BitTorrent can support about a thousand times as many downloads as HTTP. a lot more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torrent killer_tomato 02-19-2005, 10:46 PM Originally posted by Debaser This scheme has proven particularly adept in trading large files such as software source code. :erm in somewhat related news, bram cohen now works for valve software. |