You could download the entire set of audio books as a 565MB ZIP file, but this can be very slow. Let’s say you wanted to download the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes from the Internet Archive. This is much faster than traditional downloads. This means that instead of downloading a file from just one computer, you can download parts of it from multiple computers or ‘peers’ at the same time. torrent - work with the Bittorrent protocol to help you share and download files via peer-to-peer (P2P). Torrent files - usually identified by the extension. We already know that traditional downloads work by clicking a link and copying a single file, bit by bit, from a computer on the internet to your home computer. Still, there’s nothing illegal about them in themselves and as you’ll learn, they can be an extremely efficient way to download and share data. Torrents may have a bad reputation as they’re often used by websites that pirate copyrighted media.
In fact over 50% of web traffic in the entire world is done via torrents. They’re a much faster and better way to download and share files, especially large ones. If the download is interrupted for any reason, you may have to start it all over again.
The bits of information that make up that one file, such as an image or eBook are copied from the remote server to your computer. Simply visit a website, click the link and the download automatically begins.
Anyone who’s used the Internet knows how to download a file.
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