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  2. Torrent file - Wikipedia

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    A small torrent file is created to represent a file or folder to be shared. The torrent file acts as the key to initiating downloading of the actual content. Someone interested in receiving the shared file or folder first obtains the corresponding torrent file, either by directly downloading it or by using a magnet link. The user then opens ...

  3. Magnet URI scheme - Wikipedia

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    as=[web link to file(URL encoded)] xs [citation needed] eXact Source: Either an HTTP (or HTTPS, FTP, FTPS, etc.) download source for the file pointed to by the Magnet link, the address of a P2P source for the file or the address of a hub (in the case of DC++), by which a client tries to connect directly, asking for the file and/or its sources ...

  4. Bencode - Wikipedia

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    Torrent File Editor cross-platform GUI editor for BEncode files; bencode-tools - a C library for manipulating bencoded data and a XML schema like validator for bencode messages in Python; Bento - Bencode library in Elixir. Beecoder - the file stream parser that de/encoding "B-encode" data format on Java using java.io.* stream Api. Bencode ...

  5. List of file formats - Wikipedia

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    While MS-DOS and NT always treat the suffix after the last period in a file's name as its extension, in UNIX-like systems, the final period does not necessarily mean that the text after the last period is the file's extension. [1] Some file formats, such as .txt or .text, may be listed multiple times.

  6. libtorrent - Wikipedia

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    The piece size in regular torrents is a tradeoff between the size of the .torrent file itself and the piece size. Often, for files that are 4 GB, the piece size is 2 or 4 MB, just to avoid making the .torrent file too big. Merkle torrents solves these problems by removing the tradeoff between .torrent size and piece size.

  7. BitTorrent - Wikipedia

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    Peers that provide a complete file are called seeders, and the peer providing the initial copy is called the initial seeder. The exact information contained in the torrent file depends on the version of the BitTorrent protocol. By convention, the name of a torrent file has the suffix .torrent.

  8. Transmission (BitTorrent client) - Wikipedia

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    Transmission allows users to quickly download files from multiple peers on the Internet and to upload their own files. [7] By adding torrent files via the user interface, users can create a queue of files to be downloaded and uploaded. Within the file selection menus, users can customise their downloads at the level of individual files.

  9. List of filename extensions - Wikipedia

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    Upload file; Search. Search. Appearance. ... What links here; Related changes; Upload file; Special pages; ... Filename extension; List of file formats This page ...