The smallest (speedy-est?) torrent client around. uTorrent is available for Windows AND Mac, and works well on both OS. µTorrent will work on Windows 2000 and up, including Windows 7. The Mac version supports OS X 10.5 and up.
www.utorrent.com
Another small torrent client, which is open source and has started developing its own hardware to improve the speed of seeding and leeching torrents. Available for Windows, Mac AND Linux!! Horray Open Source!
/www.bittorrent.com
THE PIRATE BAY!
The Pirate Bay is the worlds largest bittorrent tracker. Bittorrent is a filesharing protocol that in a reliable way enables big and fast file transfers.
This is an open tracker, where anyone can download torrent files. To be able to upload torrent files, write comments and personal messages one must register at the site. This is of course free.
www.thepiratebay.com
Important Terms to Know
(master your piracy techniques)
availability
The number of existing full copies of the file available to the client for downloading. The higher this number is, the potentially easier and quicker it can be to download the complete file (not accounting for other factors). If this number is less than one (for example, 0.65) then there is not a full copy of the file available to download.
block
A block is a piece of a file. When a file is distributed, it is broken into smaller pieces, or blocks. Typically the block is 250kb in size, but it can vary with the size of the file being distributed. Breaking the file into pieces allows it to be distributed as efficiently as possible. Users get their files faster using less bandwidth.
client
the BitTorrent software used to download and upload files.
leech or leecher
usually refers to a peer that is downloading while uploading very little, or nothing at all. Sometimes this is unintentional and due to firewall issues. The term leech is also sometimes used to simply refer to a peer that is not seeding yet.
peer
one of a group of clients downloading the same file.
re-seed
Re-seeding is the act of putting up a new complete copy of a file after no more seeds are available to download from. This is done to allow clients with only partial downloads to complete the download process and increases availability.
scrape
This is when a client sends a request to the tracker for information about the statistics of the torrent, like who to share the file with and how well those other users are sharing.
seed
a complete copy of the file being made available for download.
seeder/seeding
a peer that is done downloading a file and is now just making it available to others.
swarm
a group of seeds and peers sharing the same torrent.
torrent
generally, the instance of a file or group of files being distributed
torrent file
a file which describes what file or files are being distributed, where to find parts, and other info needed for the distribution of the file.
tracker
a server that keeps track of the peers and seeds in a swarm. A tracker does not have a copy of the file itself, but it helps manage the file transfer process.
