Glossary of Bit Torrent Terms

This list explains terms used when discussing BitTorrent clients, and in particular the BitTorrent protocol used by these clients.

Famous quotes containing the words bit, torrent and/or terms:

    Scarlett O’Hara: Oh, oh, Rhett. For the first time I’m finding out what it is to be sorry for something I’ve done.
    Rhett Butler: Dry your eyes. If you had it all to do over again, you’d do no differently. You’re like the thief who isn’t the least bit sorry he stole, but he’s terribly, terribly sorry he’s going to jail.
    Sidney Howard (1891–1939)

    Mixed in one mighty torrent did appear,
    Some flying from the thing they feared, and some
    Seeking the object of another’s fear;
    Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his people’s advantage, while intent on his personal convenience, a dedicated voluptuary, a hater of learning, freedom and truth, without a thought for the interests of his country, and measuring everything in terms of his own profit and desires.
    Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)