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  2. Torrent file - Wikipedia

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    In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms. [1]

  3. Glossary of BitTorrent terms - Wikipedia

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    This includes any peer possessing 100% of the data or a web seed. When a downloader starts uploading content, the peer becomes a seed. [citation needed] Seeding refers to leaving a peer's BitTorrent client open and available for additional individuals to download from. Normally, a peer should seed more data than download.

  4. BitTorrent - Wikipedia

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    BitTorrent, also referred to simply as torrent, is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), which enables users to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet in a decentralized manner. The protocol is developed and maintained by Rainberry, Inc., and was first released in 2001. [2]

  5. Rainberry, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer computer program developed by Bram Cohen and BitTorrent, Inc. that is used for uploading and downloading files via the BitTorrent protocol. [13] BitTorrent was the first client written for the protocol. It is often nicknamed Mainline by developers, denoting its official origins.

  6. libtorrent - Wikipedia

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    libtorrent is an open-source implementation of the BitTorrent protocol. It is written in and has its main library interface in C++.Its most notable features are support for Mainline DHT, IPv6, HTTP seeds and μTorrent's peer exchange. libtorrent uses Boost, specifically Boost.Asio to gain its platform independence.

  7. Peer exchange - Wikipedia

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    Peer exchange cannot be used on its own to introduce a new peer to a swarm. To make initial contact with a swarm, each peer must either connect to a tracker using a ".torrent" file, or else use a router computer called a bootstrap node to find a distributed hash table (DHT) which describes a swarm's list of peers. For most BitTorrent users, DHT ...

  8. qBittorrent - Wikipedia

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    qBittorrent is a cross-platform free and open-source BitTorrent client written in native C++. It relies on Boost, OpenSSL, zlib, Qt 6 toolkit and the libtorrent-rasterbar library (for the torrent back-end), with an optional search engine written in Python. [8] [9]

  9. Magnet URI scheme - Wikipedia

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    xt=urn:btih:[ BitTorrent Info Hash ] Some clients require Base32 of info_hash (e.g., Vuze). BitTorrent info hash v2 (BTMH) BitTorrent v2 replaces the obsolete SHA-1 hash with a SHA-256 info hash. The v2 info-hash is given a new prefix (btmh) to allow for torrents that can participate in both v1 and v2 swarms [7]