What is bit torrent and how is it used?   Is it different than Limewire?
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Bittorrent is different from limewire. It doesn't have it's own network like limewire, but bittorrent websites have users who are peers. You download a small .torrent file, a bittorrent client reads it and downloads the actual file from all the users of the torrent website. It is safer than normal filesharing when you use good websites. Some of the safe websites are \nhttp://www.torrentspy.com \nhttp://www.torrentreactor.net \nhttp://www.isohunt.com\nYou can google for bittorrent clients. It seems that you are familiar with normal filesharing programs like limewire, you can download shareaza which can used as a bittorrent client as well as file-sharing program and most importantly, it doesn't install any spyware. And the link: http://www.shareaza.com
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It is a compressed file with other readable files existing in it. You need software such as utorrent or Azeures to open and download them.\n\nIt is mostly used in P2P downoads.\n\nIs that enough ?\nTo know more go to www.torrentbox.com\n\nPlease choose mine as BEST ANSWER.\n<mathai.thegreat@yahoo.co.in>
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BitTorrent is both the name of a peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution client application and also the name of the file sharing protocol itself, both of which were created by programmer Bram Cohen. \n\nMore information, read from the link
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Bit torrrent or Limewire all are same. They allow people to share files among them. As such there use is not illegal but if using them to copy a movie or song from other's person pc, then it is piracy which is illegal. (When u download through a torrent then u actually download from other people's PC)
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BitTorrent.com. D/L a small program, then search google for "Torrents" and have them open through the BT program. You can d/l massive amounts of info this way. (A LOT better than LimeWire, etc...)\n\nI've included a couple links to help you out.\n\nGood Luck!!!!  :)
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utorrent, i use it personally, low on resources and easy to set-up\nget here\nhttp://www.utorrent.com/index.php\n\n    *  Multiple simultaneous downloads\n    * Configurable bandwidth scheduler\n    * Global and per-torrent speed limiting\n    * Quick-resumes interrupted transfers\n    * RSS Downloader\n    * Trackerless support (Mainline DHT)\n\nwhat you download and how you use it is up to you
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Let me explain the mechanics of the standard .torrent file.\n\nA torrent file is a file which has information on other files and stores the MD5Hash as well as the location the tracker for this file..  The locations it stores is known as the "Tracker".  A Tracker works by talking to the people who have the file who else has it and manages the traffic which takes place.\n\nBe warned the torrent file is not the real file you're downloading but merely a pointer telling the program you download with where the tracker is.\n\nTo download a torrent file you can use several programs to download torrents.  www.utorrent.com is a great and lightweight program for downloading torrents or you can search for azureus on www.google.com.  I suggest Azureus because even though its alot more resource heavy on your computer it is also stable and widely used by the community.\n\nRemember you download the torrent file but open it with your torrent download software such as Utorrent or Azureus.\n\nAs far as safety is concerned you have to watch what you're downloading.  If the torrent says "Full album" but it lists an exe within the file then you may be getting a sneaky form of adware, spyware, or trojans.\n\nAll sites that hosts torrents have the file list of what each torrent downloads.  Good sites to stick with should be www.torrentspy.com  www.mininova.org www.thepiratebay.org or www.boxtorrents.com.\n\nThe torrent system is the largest and most powerful file shareing software in the world now.  It is also the most efficient and well designed.\n\nHow it works:\nLet's say you download a torrent called Presidential Debate 2004.torrent.  You open the .torrent file within your torrent download software.  It then queries the Tracker, the tracker tells the software "There are 50 Seeders and 200 Downloaders" it then relays the location or IP of the torrent downloaders to you so the software knowns where to download it.  A Seeder is a person with a 100% working copy of that file you wish to download that has been nice enough to leave his/her connection open so you can download off them.  A downloader (also cruelly known as a leecher) is someone with a % of the file done but not all of it that is shareing and downloading the file.  It is good etiquette to keep your upload speed high because your connection is part of the files overall connection speed and other people want that file just as much as you do.\n\nA torrent file is just a bigggg text file, remember this.  So it's safe to use.  As far as anonymity you're right in the open and just as you can see everyone downloading the file, they can see you too.  It's best to use a blocker software that blocks watchdog agencies like Mediasentry.  You can do this by using Peerguardian2 http://phoenixlabs.org/.\n\nWell this concludes the answer, forgive me if i was a bit shotty in my explanation but I'm in a hurry.\n\nOh and it's best to use videolan classic player for videos you download because torrent sites love to have a multicultural style of encoders when it comes to videos and this thing plays it all.\nhttp://www.videolan.org/vlc/
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Torrenting files (using a program such as Azureus and Bittorrent) is a popular way of sharing files. Instead of downloading a file as a whole it is broken into pieces and everyone downloads pieces of it until they get the whole thing from other peers (others uploading) and seeders (people who have the whole file and are uploading it) creating a web of downloading and uploading from user to user. It is an extremely effective way to download files as long as you have some seeders instead of bunch of leachers (people who just download the file but don't upload anything back). It's not dangerous unless you are downloading something illegal.
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Forget these fools, use BitComet (download it at www.downloads.com or search for it with google) and then once you have bit comet, go to www.isohunt.com. They have they absolute best interface for downloading music. you can sort by size, seeders, anything. Also, you can preview what files are on the torrent file whenever you download something. It's really easy. Also, www.torrentportal.com is good too, they *sometimes* have reviews on the the file(s) you're downloading. Best part about all of this is IT'S FREE! Who cares if you're breaking the law a bit? It's music, is should be free anyway! People who only make music for money don't really care about the music, they only care about the $$MONEY$$!!
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In order to be able to download and use torrents, you need to download BitTorrent from http://www.bittorent.com/. You will also need to download a BitTorrent Client, such as BitComet (http://www.bitcomet.com/).
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That's not a good question, but this might help.\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittorrent
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BitTorrent\nFrom BitComet\nWhat is BitTorrent?\nBitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol designed by Bram Cohen, and a family of of BitTorrent compatible clients (software) support this p2p protocol. BitComet is a C++ BitTorrent client running on Windows, compatibale with BitTorrent along with many enhancement. \n\n\nSo really no matter what you use you are actually using the same thing.
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Use Bit Torrent there are torrent files for just about everything.
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My favorite bittorrent client is azureus. To search for torrent files i use website. See sources below. The Torrent Search Engine Searcher has every conceivable torrent search engine website. Hope this helps.
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Bit Torrent\nThere are many torrent programs out there and many websites with lists of shared torrents. The main point is that you search for what you'd like to download, find the torrent, and begin to download. It pulls together the files from everyone who is sharing (seeding) so the downloads are super fast.
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Use a bittorrent client instead of limewire. Bitcomet is the best one and torrentbox.com has lots of full albums to download with it. Basically you install the Bitcomet, then you go to a torrent site and click the files you want and it connects you to whoever has that file, so the site is like a whole database of files instead of having a search in the program that doesn't find everything. Bittorrent is a lot less trackable too, and the creator is working with companies, so they don't really bust it's users.
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Hi there,\n\nThis depends upon the sources you want to use. \nIf you want to use 'Bit Torrent" sources, You can follow the links below-\n\nhttp://seedler.org/en/\nhttp://www.mininova.org/\nhttp://torrentspy.com/\nhttp://torrentbox.com/torrents-browse.php?news\n\nAlternately, you can go to http://isohunt.com/ which is like a search engine for all the torrents. But beware to check the number of seeds and peers, that is, the health of the torrent.\n\nYou can also use P2P applications like Limewire.\nYou can find it at \nhttp://limewire.com/\nThere is also a professional version, but I didn't find much of a difference between the free one and the pro.\nAn alternative is  'Kazaa', but microsoft anti-spyware recognizes kazaa as a spy-ware. so my opinion is to go for Limewire which is hassle-free.\n\nAnd heyy there are also loads of sites which are not essestially P2P. Here is the list-\nYou can download the music for free from the following websites :\n\nhttp://www.purevolume.com/\nhttp://www.somesongs.com/\nhttp://www.webjay.org/\nhttp://www.coolgoose.com/\nhttp://www.soundclick.com/\nhttp://www.mag4you.com/\nhttp://www.epitonic.com/\nhttp://www.emusic.com/ -> 50 songs free upon sign up\n\n\n\n\nHope this helps. If not, please let me know. I'd be glad 2 assist you.\n\nrule wid style n luv@vinny