Traditionally, when we download something from the internet, it’s hosted on a single server. I know it may sound too technical for the beginners. Well, it’s a peer-to-peer file transfer protocols, which is use to share large data over the internet like movies, audio tracks, TV serials, software, etc.
Next question is, what exactly is BitTorrent? Now that we know, torrent is a protocol called BitTorrent. So, next time you hear the word ‘torrent’ assume that they are talking about BitTorrent (which is file sharing protocol) or about the torrent file. Now, there are few others that called torrent file as a torrent. Usually, when people say America, they indirectly mean the USA. Similarly, when people use this word torrent, they mean the BitTorrent protocol. north and south America or a country called the United States of America. We know there is no such thing is America. Now, the difference between torrent and BitTorrent is like the difference America and the USA. In simple words, it’s a method, in which computers talk to each other and share bits and bytes of data among them. Whenever we are using the word torrent, we are referring to - BitTorrent a popular peer-to-peer file sharing protocol.
Is it a website or a protocol? How does this torrenting work? And is it legal?