NewsForge: Getting started with BitTorrent and Azureus
Mar 24, 2005, 07:00 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Chris Lynch)
"Most of us have heard of BitTorrent, the highly scalable
peer-to-peer file sharing technology designed to reduce the
bandwidth strain on content distributors. With BitTorrent, the
challenge is not in finding content to download, but in installing
BitTorrent on your computer and finding a good, user-friendly
client to manage them. We took a look at BitTorrent itself and the
excellent Azureus client, and can offer you some tips on how to
install them on your system.
"BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) file and bandwidth sharing
network. While most people are familiar with the idea of P2P file
sharing--making files on your own PC available to others on the
Internet--the concept of bandwidth sharing is a relatively new
one..."
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