Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Torrents

What is a Torrent?
A torrent is a kind of file sharing(similar to limewire) that people use to download the same file from multiple locations to increase speed. Instead of only downloading one song off an album why not download the whole thing? Want to watch that movie that's still in theaters? You can use torrents. Or how about that Microsoft Powerpoint that you need for class? Same thing. Here's the steps:

Step 1. Download a torrent downloader
you can use one like utorrent to do the actual downloading. the setup is easy and all you have to do is pick where you want your files to download to.

Step 2. Find a torrent
Go to anywhere like ThePirateBay to find a torrent to download download. You can use it like google.

Step 3. Find one with seeders and start downloading away!
A seeder is someone with the file that you download from, and a leecher will be the person getting the file (you). As long as the person has some seeds, you can download, and the more the better.

2 comments:

andrew said...

can't the torrents very easily give you viruses?

EstesBlogger said...

This site has helped me alot with my different computer problems. Thanks for the knowledge!