BitTorrent client

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BitTorrent client

This article is about BitTorrent clients in general. For the client created by Bram Cohen, see BitTorrent (software). For a comparison of client featues, see Comparison of BitTorrent Clients.

A BitTorrent client is a program that manages torrent downloads and uploads using the BitTorrent protocol.

1 History
2 How it works
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The first client, known as BitTorrent, was created by Bram Cohen, in October of 2002. Cohen created the client based on what he refers to as the Golden Rule: the faster a user uploads, the faster he or she can download.^[1]

[edit] How it works

A BitTorrent client recognizes two distinct types of users. A user who is downloading is known as a peer, while a user who is uploading is known as a seed. The client utilizes a file that a seed has on their machine and creates thousands of copies across a network that peers can download.^[2]

[edit] See also

Comparison of file sharing applications
Anonymous peer-to-peer
Ethics of file sharing
File sharing (P2P)
File-sharing program

[edit] References

↑ SCHIESEL, SETH. File Sharing's New Face. The New York Times Company. Retrieved on 2008-10-05.
↑ Norton, Patrick. Torrents. PC Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-10-05.

[edit] External links

v • d • e BitTorrent
Companies	BitTorrent, Inc. · Azureus, Inc.
Individuals	Bram Cohen · Ashwin Navin · Ludvig Strigeus
Technology	Tracker · Client · Super-seeding · Peer exchange · Distributed hash tables · Broadcatching · Protocol encryption · Terminology · DNA (Delivery Network Accelerator)
Clients	BitTorrent (original client) · ABC · Azureus · BitComet · BitTornado · Deluge · FrostWire · Halite Client · KTorrent · LimeWire · rTorrent · Shareaza · Transmission · µTorrent
Search engines	Btjunkie · isoHunt · mininova · myBittorrent · The Pirate Bay · Suprnova.org · TorrentSpy