Off TopicAre you a QOTWer? Do you want to start a thread that isn't a direct answer to the current QOTW? Then this place, gentle poster, is your friend.
(
rob, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
« Go Back | See The Full Thread
The torrent file basically points to everyone else who's using that torrent.So what happens is you open a torrent file with a program like utorrent.
Then you find everyone else who's trying to download the same file. You start downloading some of the little pieces, from one of those people. Then when you've got at least one whole part of the file you can then upload that piece to someone else who needs it. The smart part is you can download and upload at the same time, and you can download from people even if they've only got some of the pieces.
In reality that all happens behind the scenes and you just click and watch a progress bar.
(, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 11:55, 1 reply, 16 years ago)
godit's not often i feel truly thick.
well done.
(
rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 29 Sep 2010, 11:56,
Reply)
« Go Back | See The Full Thread