BitTorrent Glossary

Our BitTorrent Glossary provides you with a list of terms often used in association with BitTorrent. We are doing our best to keep the list updated and definitions as simple and easy to understand as possible.

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Client
The software that allows you to download and upload (share) files using BitTorrent. The BitTorrent client opens the .torrent file and allows connections from your peers.
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Leech
A leech is usually a peer who has a negative effect on the swarm by having a very poor share ratio, however it can also refer to any peer without 100% of the data

Peer
A peer is anyone who is downloading or uploading the file

Seeder
A seeder is a peer that has a complete copy of the torrent and still offers it for upload. The more seeders there are, the better the chances are for completion of the file.

Swarm
Together, all peers (including seeders) sharing a torrent are called a swarm.

Torrent
A torrent can mean either a .torrent metadata file or all files described by it, depending on context. The torrent file contains metadata about all the files it makes downloadable
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Tracker
A tracker is a server that keeps track of which seeds and peers are in the swarm. Clients report information to the tracker periodically and in exchange receive information about other clients to which they can connect
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