In the communication and rules on torrent trackers, specific terminology is used, in which the participants in the file exchange are called seeders, lechers and peers. What is a feast and what are they like?
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Step 1
Peer (peer - from English partner) is the general name of a network participant, which is built on the principle of exchanging files and services between computers. A peer stores files or hosts services on its computer and makes them available to other participants. In return, the peer receives similar files or services from the computers of other exchange participants. Networks built on this principle are called peer-to-peer or peer-to-peer.
Step 2
The most common example of peer-to-peer networks is torrent networks, which are designed to exchange files between their members. Files are exchanged using special programs - torrent clients, which automate the exchange process between peers. A torrent peer refers to any participant directly involved in file sharing. The totality of all peers participating in one particular distribution is called a swarm.
Step 3
The swarm feasts are categorized as leechers and seeders. A leaker is a peer that does not yet have any part of the distribution or does not have all parts of the distribution, that is, a peer downloads a file to his computer from the computer of a seeder or other swarm leechers who already have the necessary parts of the file. A seeder or seed is a swarm feast that has all the parts of the redistributable file. Seed is either the original distributor of the file, or the leecher who has already downloaded the file completely to his computer. If there are no seeds on the distribution, the leechers will not be able to download the entire file.
Step 4
A peer on a torrent network that does not have any part of the file that another peer does is called an interested peer. If an interested peer opens a connection to download the missing part, but does not start it within 60 seconds, he is called neglectful.
Step 5
Due to full channel downloads or restrictions set in the torrent client settings, a peer that has seeding portions that the leechers are interested in may not respond to download requests. Such a participant is called a dead feast or a dead seeder if he has all the parts of the distribution.
Step 6
In addition to torrenting, there are networks that use other technologies for sharing, which also include peers. For example, any member of a local network that provides access to their files and downloads files from other computers on this network is also a peer.