The following is a general comparison of
BitTorrent clients, which are
computer programs designed for
peer-to-peer file sharing using the
BitTorrent protocol.
The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among
peers
Peers may refer to:
People
* Donald Peers
* Edgar Allison Peers, English academician
* Gavin Peers
* John Peers, Australian tennis player
* Kerry Peers
* Mark Peers
* Michael Peers
* Steve Peers
* Teddy Peers (1886–1935), Welsh international ...
connected in a
swarm. A BitTorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms. Because BitTorrent is a
peer-to-peer communications protocol that does not need a
server, the BitTorrent definition of ''client'' differs from
the conventional meaning expressed in the
client–server model.
[
Bram Cohen, author of the BitTorrent protocol, made the first BitTorrent client, which he also called BitTorrent, and published it in July 2001.
Many BitTorrent programs are open-source software; others are freeware, adware or ]shareware
Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost. Often the software has limited functionality or incomplete documentation until the user sends payment to the software developer ...
. Some download managers, such as FlashGet and GetRight
GetRight is a shareware download manager developed by Michael Burford. Burford's company, Headlight Software, first published the program in 1997. At the time of its release, one of GetRight's defining features was its ability to resume an int ...
, are BitTorrent-ready. Opera 12, a web browser, can also transfer files via BitTorrent.
In 2013 Thunder Networking Technologies publicly revealed that some of their employees surreptitiously distributed a Trojan horse with certain releases of Xunlei, the company's BitTorrent-ready download manager.
Applications
General
Operating system support
Interface and programming
Features I
Features II
Libraries
; General
; Operating system support and programming language
; Supported features 1
; Supported features 2
See also
* Anonymous P2P
* BitTorrent tracker
* Comparison of BitTorrent sites
* Comparison of BitTorrent tracker software
* Comparison of file sharing applications
* File sharing
* Open Music Model
* Timeline of file sharing
This is a timeline of events in the history of networked file sharing.
1970s
* 1976 – Xmodem a point-to-point binary transfer protocol by Ward Christensen.
* February 1978 – Ward Christensen's CBBS becomes the first Bulletin board sys ...
Notes
References
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