Torrent Clients

Sharing is a social activity and hence its there on the internet also. Some forms of sharing files are considered illegal, but lets not discuss about that. Suppose you need a file, it may be a movie, mp3 or some software. Lets take for example, the latest Micheal Moore documentary. Its almost certain that many people already have it on their computers.

Torrents are a means for them to share the file so that others on the internet also can download it. Now whats so special about it ? We all can download files from a server, whats the difference when we are using torrents ?When you are downloading the Micheal Moore documentary from a server, the entire 700MB is served from the same server. When 1000 people download the file, 700 X 1000 MB gets transferred from the server. 700 GB is a lot of data transfer. And many server admins might not like the idea since it will cost them a lot.

A .torrent file extension is a file with a minimal size that is mostly in kilobytes. This file provides all the necessary details to download the file it was designated for, which are the files title, size and source. Torrents are available in web sites and search engines designed for torrents. It is a well-known means of large file download and very useful on files that are currently prominent for downloads.
A torrent client provides download access on torrent files. It is also a way of p2p sharing of files. The more people downloading a torrent file the faster it gets to download it. This is because the partial download of every member is already automatically shared to other users downloading similar file, which makes the speed of the torrent download increase proportionately with the count of downloading users.
The BitTorrent is one of the primary torrent clients, which was made as an open-source. A wide variety of torrent client is currently available to everyone today
List of popular torrent clients :

1. uTorrent
   Is the widely used torrent client, which is easy to operate and very reliable. It also offers forums that are beneficial to new torrent users. The letter ‘u’ in uTorrent implies micro, which is easier to scribe and does not complicate encoding. Click on the provided link to download this torrent client from its official website utorrent.com.

2. Azerus
   Azerus is an open-source torrent client, which requires the JRE application to operate. It is customizable and has easy control access. Azerus came from the Dendrobates Azerus, which is a Latin name of a poisonous dart frog that is also their logo. The name was an idea of one of its creators, Tyler Pitchford who used the Latin name for the Blue Poison Dart Frog. Click on the provided link to download this torrent client from its official website azureus.sourceforge.net.
   

3. BitSpirits
   BitSpirits is well known for its ability to use private trackers as source for torrent files without any certification. It provides an enormous download speed that it can consume most of your Internet connection. TorrentLeech.org is its popular usual source for download. Click on the provided link to download this torrent client from its official website 167bt.com.

4. Torrent search engines
   Torrent search engines allow you to check on the availability of whatever type of torrent you wish to look for. Below are some popular torrent search engines that can help you find what you need:

5. Torrentz.com
   Torrentz.com is a popular reputable torrent search engine. It does not provide an independent database of torrents, but it can penetrate database of other servers. This provides its user information for their searches.

6. Newtorrents.info
   
   Newtorrents.info implies organized data of servers that provides new torrents. The front page is regularly updated to show the latest torrents. You may also search some torrents posted earlier than the current updates. Reviews on torrent files are provided so you can immediately identify defective torrents form good ones.

7. isoHunt.com
   isoHunt.com is a comprehensive torrent search engine that can cross-reference the database of the trackers. It also provides forums that can assist you with your inquiries.

8. Legality of torrent downloads
   There is nothing illegal with torrents. Torrent downloading is designed to host downloads on trial versions of software applications or demo versions of some sort. Downloading copyrighted materials is illegal. When copyrighted materials are downloaded the principle of torrent applies, which uploads partially downloaded files of its user to share it with others. Most users do not have the authority or license to redistribute such file, software, music or movies, which makes the sharing illegal.