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 OHara: Oh, oh, Rhett. For the first time Im finding out what it is to be sorry for something Ive done.
Rhett Butler: Dry your eyes. If you had it all to do over again, youd do no differently. Youre like the thief who isnt the least bit sorry he stole, but hes terribly, terribly sorry hes going to jail.”
—Sidney Howard (18911939)
“Mixed in one mighty torrent did appear,
Some flying from the thing they feared, and some
Seeking the object of anothers fear;”
—Percy Bysshe Shelley (17921822)
“Picture the prince, such as most of them are today: a man ignorant of the law, well-nigh an enemy to his peoples 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. 14661536)