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? asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 9 years ago

Torrent computer files? What, exactly is this?

Can somebody please explain to me in simplistic terms, what this is all about? I'm not a tech at all.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Torrent files are used by Bit Torrent programs, like uTorrent, or Transmission. If you download a .torrent file, and open it in a BT program, it will automatically run the download for you.

    What you download is called a "torrent", and in a torrent you can have any number of files.

    So if you have a Windows PC, just go here: http://www.utorrent.com/downloads/

    Download and run the installer file, and when you have a .torrent file, open it in that program.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Sure p2p and torrent documents can harm your pc, however provided that your no longer careful on what your downloading, eighty five percent of the time torrent files are virus free. But use depended on downloads web sites such as the pirate bay, and as you click on a torrent read the peoples comments and responses, they normaly let you know if its bad or no longer. P2p documents are generally good enough however i don't use them, especialy for downloading music, because its towards copyright of the tune artists. I reccomend torrents, just look at what your downloading. Additionally a best torrent downloader is utorrent very quick and doesnt bathroom down your pc

  • 9 years ago

    Torrent files are small, tiny files that can be opened in a program like Bittorrent or Utorrent. Once a torrent file is opened in one of these programs it uses the information from that little .torrent to download what you wanted from a number of sources.

    this is where you can get the program that opens your torrent files:

    www.utorrent.com/downloads/

    Torrents can be downloaded a various range of sites, but be careful

  • 9 years ago

    Torrenting is a form of downloading in which 2 or more people upload (seed) to other people who want to download something in a software like uTorrent. It's mainly used for illegally downloading things, but is actually a nice system to have.

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    A torrent file is simply a file that has to be downloaded using a piece of software on your computer such as U torrent. Torrent files are usually however associated with illegal downloads such as music and movies.

  • 9 years ago

    It is just a name given to a directory of files. U can download torrent files from any torrent website. Mmmmmm actually leave it m making it more complex. :/

  • 9 years ago

    it is a very fast way of downloading, mostly used for large files like ubuntu OS, but it gets a bad reputation because it is mainly used to get illegal software because those files are huge. the way it works is you download from multiple computers instead of one, so it goes a lot faster, you will need a client like "utorrent" to download torrents

  • 9 years ago

    illegal downloads , you a change of 99% of not geting calt

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