Steps

Definition

1. The torrent is a file sharing process, but unlike the direct download normally used, here everything lies in the rather atypical functioning of the "Peer To Peer" (P2P) process.
2. The user must go to a website that offers .torrent files, which contain links to what is called a tracker.
3. You need a Torrent client, so software to install on the medium of our choice, to be able to interpret these files and use the links contained therein.
4. Each tracker lists all the places that have the file that you want to download and that can share it with you.
5. Thus the software will know where the sources of the desired file are and will be able to download it from all at the same time.

Utility

1. As you can see, speed and being able to stop make two major advantages.
2. Growing communities and software enable stability and quality that are difficult to match.

Viability

1. The more people sharing, the faster the file will live and be downloadable.
2. Conversely, the less there is to share, the more it will be slow and complicated to finish downloading.
3. It is therefore based on the principle of community and the number of people who share.

Aim

1. So be able to share your multimedia content to people far away, such as your vacation videos (or a film that you have all bought) to all members at once.
2. Knowing that the more people who will take it and share it, the faster they will follow them.
3. At the same time, it will save you if you lose them, since your family still shares them with others.
4. /!\ As with everything that downloads and shares, only files for which both parties have rights are authorized!

Diverted usage

1. There are sites and forums where people share files to whoever wants to take it.
2. On these platforms, a notion of ratio comes into account, because otherwise the latter would not survive long.
3. You can therefore download as long as this ratio is positive, otherwise you must share (or pay) to increase it, knowing that the proportion is 1 to 1 (c.f.: 1GB sent, then 1GB available).
4. The more serious it is, the better the quality and the content is respected, because it should not be forgotten that there is always a risk of having something else (or worse a virus) in everything you download.
5. /!\ So I hope that both parties have the rights!

Concept of speed and quality

1. As a reminder: MB (byte) = MO (Mo) = Mb (bit) / 8 (because there is 8 bit in a byte)
2. So if you have a connection from 300Mb, this will 37.5Mo