Popular P2P network for sharing files
Platform : Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
Type: freeware
Manufacturer: Bram Cohen
Size: 853.21KB
Rating: 4
Verdict:
The best P2P file sharing network, although people are reporting that this
version is resource-heavy. Tip: try
Opera 9 for BitTorrent support.
System Requirements:
This is the software publisher's description.
BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer protocol designed to transfer files. Users
connect directly to send and receive portions of a file, while a central tracker
co-ordinates the action of all peers and manages connections without knowledge
of the contents of the files being distributed.
With BitTorrent, users upload at the same time they download, so network
bandwidth is managed as efficiently as possible.
BitTorrent is designed to work better than other file-transfer protocols as
the number of people interested in a certain file increases.
Mac OS X and Linux versions also available from the
BitTorrent
download page.