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title: Torrenting
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tags: [question, networks]
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2024-08-03 08:00:03 +01:00
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created: Saturday, August 03, 2024
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# Torrenting
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**What is torrenting? Is this the same thing as a peer-to-peer network? How do
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these technologies fit within the client-server paradigm?**
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Torrenting is a specific application of
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[peer_to_peer_networking](Peer_to_peer_network.md) applied to file-sharing.
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Each peer on the network both consumes resources and makes resources available
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to others.
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## Procedure
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Large files are divided into small
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