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big bear
big bear asked in Computers & InternetOther - Computers · 1 decade ago

When downloading a movie it talks about seeders and leechers what are they?

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  • geekfound
    1 decade ago
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    It's a BitTorrent.

    Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittorent
  • unknown_known_me
    1 decade ago

    In almost all peer to peer downloading softwares/sites this jargon is pretty prevelant.

    Seeders are the one who seed(feed, input) others with the files they have.

    Leechers are the ones who only download files and dont serve others.

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