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torrent

torrent

11 6.4
A small file that helps people download other files from many computers
  • noun
  • /ˈtɔːrənt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : archivo .torrent
  • Torrent downloaded from RARBG
  • download torrents
  • a torrent site
  • percentage of torrents

But Pirate Bay doesn't host anything aside from just those basically the metadata for those torrent files.

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Examples

  • Amazon and iTunes are far more convenient and easy to use than torrent sites.

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  • BitTornado is best for power users who release torrents periodically and can make good use of the super-seed function.

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  • But my torrent speed is not that much better. Do I want to change the torrent software?

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  • If you have any tips to increase torrent speed, please give me.

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  • Everything the client needs to know about the torrent is in the meta info.

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  • Hollywood and the likes are presently facing massive losses of revenue due to torrent sites.

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  • I know, for better speed we need to select torrents with more seeds.

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  • I didn't realize people use Google to search for torrents, as the results are usually poor.

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  • ISPs will throttle you as soon as they see torrent traffic; it doesn't matter what you're downloading.

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  • You can easily find a torrent file to download your favorite movies using a torrent client.

Compounds

A sudden very heavy fall of rain that soaks everything

torrent of words
  • Informal
1 6.8

A fast flow of words spoken with strong feeling

Surface Forms

torrent singular
torrents plural

Etymology

The computer sense of torrent borrows the image of a fast, flowing stream from the ordinary word torrent (from Latin torrēre, 'to boil'), because data moves between many users like a rushing flow. So a torrent file starts a fast shared download that spreads between people.