- A communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), which enables users to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet in a decentralized manner. The act of downloading and uploading data via BitTorrent is also called “torrenting.” The protocol was first released in 2001 and is developed and maintained by TRON (who acquired Rainberry/BitTorrent in 2018). ← Wikipedia ↑ bittorrent.com
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