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What are torrents?

Torrents let you download free (and yes, probably copyrighted) movies, TV shows, music, software applications, and other types of files. More specifically, a file with a “.torrent” extension is a very small file (usually less than 100kb) which acts as a link to a much larger file (like a movie). You open the small .torrent file in a special application made for downloading torrents called a “client.” Once opened, the “client” will read the data inside the .torrent file, which in turn will begin to download the larger file.

Torrents are different from other “peer-to-peer” file sharing methods (like Napster, Aquisition, and Limewire) in many ways. For one, it takes a few more steps to download files using torrents (search for desired file, download .torrent, open .torrent, wait for file to download). But you also get many more files to choose from, more reliable and higher quality files, and faster downloading times (usually).

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