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BitTorrent

BitTorrent. Rick Kass Alex Daniels Sean Lunsford. BitTorrent is a peer to peer file sharing system A client is required to use the system, such as Azureus , uTorrent The seed is the original source file Segments of the file are broken down and distributed amongst peers

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BitTorrent

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  1. BitTorrent Rick Kass Alex Daniels Sean Lunsford

  2. BitTorrent is a peer to peer file sharing system • A client is required to use the system, such as Azureus, uTorrent • The seed is the original source file • Segments of the file are broken down and distributed amongst peers • As more peers download and share the file, downloading becomes faster

  3. It is estimated BitTorrent is responsible for nearly 50% of internet traffic, ‘http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-still-king-of-p2p-traffic-090218/’ • Designed by Bram Cohen in 2001 • There were approximately 1.7 petabytes being shared in 2008, ‘http://isohunt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=145853’

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