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  2. Torrent poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Torrent poisoning is intentionally sharing corrupt data or data with misleading, deceiving file names using the BitTorrent protocol.This practice of uploading fake torrents is sometimes carried out by anti-infringement organisations as an attempt to prevent the peer-to-peer (P2P) sharing of copyrighted content, and to gather the IP addresses of downloaders.

  3. Legal issues with BitTorrent - Wikipedia

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    BitTorrent files and links can be accessed in different geographic locations and legal jurisdictions. Thus, it is possible to host a BitTorrent file in geographic jurisdictions where it is legal and others where it is illegal. A single link, file or data or download action may be actionable in some places, but not in others.

  4. Torrent file - Wikipedia

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    In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms. [1]

  5. List of open-source video games - Wikipedia

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    A voxel engine for building games similar to Infiniminer and Minecraft. Lugaru: 2005 2017 Action/third-person shooter: GPL-2.0-or-later: CC BY-SA [25] 3D: A game by Wolfire Games where the player is an anthropomorphic rabbit who seeks revenge when a group of enemy rabbits kill their family. Maelstrom: 1992 2010 Shoot 'em up: GPL-2.0-only: CC BY ...

  6. Download and install the latest Java Virtual Machine in ...

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    Download and install the latest Java Virtual Machine in Internet Explorer. 1. Go to www.java.com. 2. Click Free Java Download. 3. Click Agree and Start Free Download. 4. Click Run. Notes: If prompted by the User Account Control window, click Yes. If prompted by the Security Warning window, click Run. 5.

  7. Transmission (BitTorrent client) - Wikipedia

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    Transmission allows the assigning of priorities to torrents and to files within torrents, thus potentially influencing which files download first. It supports the Magnet URI scheme [9] and encrypted connections. It allows torrent-file creation and peer exchange compatible with Vuze and μTorrent. It includes a built-in web server so that users ...

  8. Glossary of BitTorrent terms - Wikipedia

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    Health is shown in a bar or in % usually next to the torrent's name and size, on the site where the .torrent file is hosted. It shows if all pieces of the torrent are available to download (i.e. 50% means that only half of the torrent is available). Health does not indicate whether the torrent is free of viruses.

  9. Download - Wikipedia

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    In computer networks, download means to receive data from a remote system, typically a server [1] such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems. This contrasts with uploading, where data is sent to a remote server. A download is a file offered for downloading or that has been downloaded, or the process of ...