What is a Torrent?

The latest buzz in the internet field today is about torrents. It is creating more noise than ever. As per a recent study, it has been found out that the use of torrents contribute to almost 30-45% of all the internet usage. Torrent or BitTorrent is a protocol in which peer-to-peer sharing can be done. It means that it is a large resource from where data can be shared. It is a system through which large files are be downloaded. It can be music, songs, movie downloads, books, television episodes, games, free software downloads, etc. The best part about this system is that the more a particular file is being downloaded the less time will it take to download that file. Yes, it takes less time to download a file if it is very popular. And it is absolutely FREE!

What is a Torrent Site?

Torrent sites are the websites from where you can download the data. There are many such websites out there. You'll get to know which ones are the best only when you'll spend considerable time using them.

How to Open a Torrent?

To open a torrent, you first need to open the torrent client. Then search for the file you want to download and open it in the torrent client. Over here, it will ask you to download it, select the location on your system where you want to download it and then wait for the download to get completed.

How to Make a Torrent?

A majority of torrent users will know how to download a torrent but then only a few will know how to make or create a torrent. Creating a torrent simply means uploading any file which you want to share with others. Hence, file sharing is equally important. Creating a torrent can be equally easy. All you've got to do is open your torrent client, go to 'File' and then 'Create Torrent'. Then it will open a window for you to select files you want to share. So select them and then choose the tracker. Trackers are nothing but a system which keeps a track of the file which you have uploaded. The method for creating a torrent is almost similar on most of the torrent clients.

Not uploading files or data on torrent is looked down upon by torrent users. It is expected from a torrent user to upload files too, so that even others can use and share them. Torrents are great for downloading files of larger size. When you are using a torrent and downloading data from it, make sure that you are downloading legal content.

Downloading from torrents is not considered as an illicit activity, but then downloading copyrighted material from it may land you in trouble for copyright violation. Generally files like music albums, movies, software, etc. are downloaded. Now these would be available online for free, but then outside you would have to pay to purchase them. There are steps being taken to stop copyrighted material from being uploaded and downloaded through torrents.