When it comes to downloading the first thing that comes to the mind is torrent. Irrespective of the file type or size one can download any type of file via torrent. And I personally think torrents have been one of the biggest revolution in the history of internet. And it is also noteworthy that torrents at any instant have more active users than Facebook and you-tube combined. Although they have always been in lawsuit for copyright cases etc but it has never ever had any kind of effect on its users. But one thing that could definitely be said is that the torrents make life a lot simpler for their users.
Torrents have been a big thing since the first time they were launched and a hell lot of people use it on a daily basis. There is always been a curiosity of having deeper and better knowledge of torrents in their users. And people currently not using torrents have even more curiosity of using it. Now, this series will explain to you every aspect of torrent from tree-top to the grass-root level. If you do not use torrent yet this series will teach you how to do it. And if you are already a big time torrent user this series will give you a deep insight about the working and operation of torrents.
What is torrent?
A torrent basically is nothing but a kind of file that stores the metadata used for bittorrent. However, a torrent does not contain any any kind of information about the content of the file. In simple words, all a torrent file contains are the URL of the tracker(s) and the metadata about the file to be shared. In order to download desired file one has to download the torrent file first which would initiate the process of download of file via Torrent client.
What are the requirements to download via torrent?
There are no specific PC requirements to download a file via torrent. All you require to download via torrent are two things:
- A torrent client (utorrent <windows>, bittorrent<windows>, vuze<linux>, transmission<mac>, etc)
- The torrent file for respective target file
What is the basic working of torrents?
Basically, torrents work by dividing the target file into small information chunks which can be found by other hosts called seeders.
It starts when some distributor uploads the target file on one of the torrent sites which in turn creates a torrent for the distributor and uploads the same torrent online. Now, some person (or maybe many people) downloads the torrent for the target file and opens it via torrent client(utorrent, bittorrent, vuze, etc). then, the torrent client starts downloading the file chunk by chunk from the uploader where the uploader acts as a host for the target file. The downloading speed depends on the uploading speed and other downloading peers.
Here are the some examples for clear understanding,
1. Suppose, if Original Distributor is uploading at the speed of 1000 kbps and one person is downloading then he can get a maximum downloading speed of 1000 kbps in ideal conditions.
2. Suppose, if Original Distributor is uploading at the speed of 1000 kbps and two people are downloading then they can get a maximum downloading speed of 500 kbps (it may vary depending on some factors) in ideal conditions .
3. Suppose, if Original Distributor is uploading at the speed of 1000 kbps and four people are downloading then they can get a maximum downloading speed of 250 kbps (which may vary depending on some factors) in ideal conditions .
Now, as soon as the torrent client has has downloaded all the chunks of file it assembles them into a useable form (if there are multiple files in a torrent it keeps assembling and organizing them as soon as all the chunks of files are downloaded) and starts uploading (otherwise known as seeding) it immideatly from the same path in the PC where it is downloaded. Hence, acting as another host adding to the upload speed of the torrent.
This process goes on as newer and newer people start downloading and seeding it for other downloaders. Hence forming a self sustainable peer-to-peer chain untill the demand for the torrent compeletly goes off.
What is the procedure to download via torrent?
You just need to follow these simple conventional steps to download via torrent:
- Download and install a torrent client (preferably utorrent since it is very light weight)
- Once you have installed a torrent client now you would need a torrent file of what you want to download. These files are present all over the internet if you have some idea of the torrent sites. But you do not have any idea of torrent sites then just simply go to torrentz.com (a torrent search engine site).
- Search your desired file in the search box.
- A list of files will show down. Choose the suitable file and click on it.
- Now, a number of sites will open up. Click on one of the sites and the site will open up in a new window.
- In the site find the link Download via torrent, get this torrent, download torrent or something similar and click on it.
- A torrent file will download tself.
- Go to downloaded torrent file on your PC and double click on it.
- The torrent client will open up showing the file percentage downloaded.
- Similarly you can drag and drop other torrent files in the torrent client.
- After download is complete the file will start seeding (i.e uploading for other downloaders).
- Just let it seed as much as you have downloaded as a responsible torrent user :) then you can delete it.
So, these were the basic concepts and procedure of torrents. Regular Torrent users are very familiar with these. But these were just the basics the insight, terminologies, operations, etc will be discussed in the later part of the series. So, best of luck downloaders. Always seed what you download!!
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