Bit Torrent is basically name of a protocol which enables us to download large files using minimum bandwidth from its peers, and Bit Torrent client is the first ever software which use Bit Torrent protocol for peer to peer file sharing that is uploading and downloading. Nowadays there are so many bit Torrent Client Softwares available like utorrent, flashget, bitTornado, Azureous etc.

In this tutorial you will learn basics of BitTorrent Clients and you will learn how to use these clients.

Common terms:

Leechers:

Leeches are people who download files but they do not share files with other on there own computer. Leeches are not welcomed in Bit Torrent group.

Seed or Seeder:

Seed or seeder is that computer which contains complete copy of the bit Torrent File. At least one Seed is necessary for Bit Torrent download to operate, as we increase number of seeds it will help in boosting the speed of the download.

Swarm:

That Group of computers which simultaneously send or receive on same file.

.torrent:

.torrent is a pointer file which directs your computer to the file which you want to download.

Tracker:

Tracker is a server which control all the Swarm users, that’s it monitors the bit Torrent file transfer in such a way that if you share Tracker will reward you by increasing your allotted swarm bandwidth, else if you are a leech Tracker will punish you by slowing down your downloading speed.

Peer to peer File Sharing:

There is difference between peer to peer Downloading and downloading from server, In peer to peer downloading we use a BitTorrent client software to locate computers which contain our desirible files instead of web browser, the process works like This.

1) You run peer to peer file sharing software on your computer, for example utorrent.

2) Then  you send out the request you want to download.

3) To locate the file you want to download the software i.e torrent querries other computer which also have this client installed on there systems,

4) When the Software finds the file on the harddrive of the system which have this software installed, the download begins.

5) In the mean while if someone else find a file on your hard drive he will start downloading from your system.

The tracker identifies the swarm, which is the connected computers that have all of or a portion of the file and are in the process of sending or receiving it.

Getting Started:

1) Download any BitTorrent client from internet or you can simply download utorrent by clicking here.

2) After downloading simply double click the file you have just downloaded you will see the following window,

Here you can see different options, like number of files downloading, completed files, peers, trackers etc.

3) Now you can download any .torrent file, we have so many torrent websites u can use any one of them for torrent searching like,

www.isohunt.com
www.bittorrent.com
www.utorrent.com
www.mininova.org

Download file pointer for the file which u want to download and drag the torrent file to main window of the BitTorrent client software i.e to the window given above. it will ask you where to save the file, specify location and you are done.

Suppose you want to download a new animated movie say BOLT

Goto www.mininova.org and simply search BOLT in the search box; you will get something like this

Note: Always select file with higher number of seeds,  before downloading heavy files try to read  user comments regarding that file.

Click on it and you will be asked to download the .torrent file. Click it and you will be prompted to download a .torrent file save it with you in a specified location.

Once saved you can open it with Programs like Utorrent, Flashget or Vuze. The download starts automatically after you have provided the storage location on your hard drive.

Double click this file to open it in utorrent.