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title: Torrenting
tags: [question, networks]
created: Saturday, August 03, 2024
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# Torrenting

**What is torrenting? Is this the same thing as a peer-to-peer network? How do
these technologies fit within the client-server paradigm?**

Torrenting is a specific application of
[peer_to_peer_networking](Peer_to_peer_network.md) applied to file-sharing.

Each peer on the network both consumes resources and makes resources available
to others.

## Procedure

Large files are divided into small