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unseeded

unseeded

7.5
A file that no one is currently sharing completely
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈsiːdɪd/
  • Jargon
translation icon : sin semillas
  • The unseeded torrent remained at zero percent because no peers had the complete file.

Examples

  • Users flagged several unseeded files in the tracker to warn others they were unavailable.

  • After uploading, they discovered the episode was instantly popular, but later it became unseeded.

  • This file is unseeded.

  • The torrent is unseeded and cannot be downloaded.

  • The unseeded torrent failed to download for anyone since no users were sharing the file.

  • Several users reported the unseeded file as unavailable on the download tracker.

  • Unfortunately, the new movie became unseeded after a few days, leaving many fans disappointed.

How Seeded

seeding
  • Texting
1 4.7
unseeded
  • Jargon
7.5

Surface Forms

unseeded positive

Morphology

unseeded = seeded (semi-transparent) = un + seed + ed

Formally 'un-' + 'seeded' is transparent, but the computing sense of 'seed/seeded' is specialised jargon that many learners may not know.

Etymology

Unseeded is made of un- meaning 'not' and seed meaning 'seed'. In file sharing, a 'seed' is a user who has the whole file and shares it, so an unseeded file has no one sharing the complete data and cannot be downloaded.