HOW TORRENTS WORKS-INTRODUCTION TO PEERS, SEEDS AND LEECHERS!!!
Hello this is virtual. It has been a long time since I posted last. Today I am going to talk a bit about a very interesting download protocol i.e peer2peer (p2p) downloading used in torrent. TRADITIONAL CLIENT-SERVER DOWNLOADING Before knowing how torrent works let us see how traditional client-server downloading works. 1. You open a web page and click on a link to download a file. 2. The web browser tells the server to transfer a copy of the file to your computer. 3. The server sent you the file. The transfer of the file depends on the protocol involved. HOW BIT TORRENT PROTOCOL WORKS Let us first understand some terms : 1. Peers :They are computers downloading the same file as you. They contribute to the torrent swarm by uploading bits of data they have already downloaded. 2. Seeds :They are computers having the complete file and is uploading the file for others to down...