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BitTorrent

Posted on 06. Oct, 2008 by Eric in Downloads

Have you ever attempted to download a program, video, or song only to find out that you are unable to open it? Have you ever observed that the file downloaded unrealistically fast or that the file size was too small to be what you intended to download? This scenario happened to me once, some time back. I could not figure out for the life of me why I couldn’t open a program that I downloaded. After all, I downloaded it from a reliable source on the net. Also, I didn’t understand how an application that was supposed to be 20MB could fit into an installer that was only 51k! Before long I realized that the file’s name ended in “.TBP.bittorrent” which is a BitTorrent file, not the actual program or media I wanted. With a little research I learned that a BitTorrent file requires you to use an application called well….”BitTorrent” to download the actual file you wanted. What you initially download contains only information which the BitTorrent programneeds to locate the actual file that you intended to download in the first place. To get the application, simply navigate your browser HERE and download it. Then, once you have installed it, your desired file will be a quick download away through the BitTorrent application. The application can enable incredibly fast download speeds, which is one of the reasons that so many files require it now days. The reason for the quick speeds are because BitTorrent uses peer-to-peer sharing. Essentially this means that the file you download is being uploaded from multiple computers at one time. Hopefully after reading this, BitTorrent files will never again throw you for a loop.

BitTorrent

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