Torrent Helper
Torrent is a small file (around few kilobytes) with the suffix torrent, which contains all the information needed to download a file the torrent was made for. That means it contains file names, their sizes, where to download from and so on. A torrent text file functions as a special pointer to locate a specific file and the swarm of people currently sharing that file. These torrent files vary from 15kb to 150kb file size, and are published by serious Torrent sharers around the world.
Torrents, the bedrock of an extremely popular peer to peer file distribution system used for transferring large files within a large network of people, are some of the most popular searched for items on the Web today. Torrent is one of the most common protocols for transferring large files, and it has been estimated that it accounts for approximately 27-55% of all Internet traffic (depending on geographical location).
Torrent protocol allows users to distribute large amounts of data without putting the level of strain on their computers that would be needed for standard Internet hosting. A standard host's servers can easily be brought to a halt if extreme levels of simultaneous data flow are reached. The protocol works as an alternative data distribution method that makes even small computers (e.g. mobile phones) with low bandwidth capable of participating in large data transfers.
Downloading with a torrent is advantageous especially when downloading files, which are momentarily very popular and which lots of people are downloading. Because the more people download the file, the higher speed for everyone
First, a user playing the role of file-provider makes a file available to the network. This first user's file is called a seed and its availability on the network allows other users, called peers, to connect and begin to download the seed file. As new peers connect to the network and request the same file, their computer receives a different piece of the data from the seed. Once multiple peers have multiple pieces of the seed, torrent allows each to become a source for that portion of the file. The torrent client software will now talk to a tracker server for 2 to 10 minutes, while it scours the Internet for people to swarm with. Specifically, the client and tracker server will search for other users who have the same exact torrent file as you. The effect of this is to take on a small part of the task and relieve the initial user, distributing the file download task among the seed and many peers. With torrent, no one computer needs to supply data in quantities which could jeopardize the task by overwhelming all resources, yet the same final result — each peer eventually receiving the entire file — is still reached.
