Filesharing Review > How BitTorrent Works: Protocols and Structure
[Pc Tips Box] BitTorrent maximizes transfer speed by gathering pieces of the file you want and downloading these pieces simultaneously from people who already have them. This process makes popular and very large files, such as videos and television programs, download much faster than is possible with other protocols.
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[Susanmernit.blogspot.com] Susan Mernit's Blog: Mark Pesce on BitTorrent: Someone sent me this piece Mark Pesce wrote on BitTorrent and P2P networks--I .improved version of the protocols used to create peer-to-peer networks, .
[Noisemore.wordpress.com] Amazon S3 has BitTorrent support « Noise & More: The difference is that if a lot of clients are requesting the same object simultaneously via BitTorrent, then the amount of data S3 must serve to satisfy those clients will be lower than with client/server delivery. This is because the BitTorrent clients are simultaneously uploading and downloading amongst themselves.
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