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BitTorrent

/ ˈbɪtˌtɒrənt /

noun

  1. a file transfer protocol which enables users to upload and download large files on the internet in the form of software, games, film, video, music, etc, from other users rather than from a central server
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of BitTorrent1

C21: from bit ³ (sense 1) + torrent , the name used in this system for a file that allows the data to be downloaded
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Example Sentences

Hundreds of download programs have come and gone since 1999 (Limewire, Kazaa, BitTorrent, to name a few).

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