2006-11-15 02:24:22 · 5 answers · asked by emma_taylor_2006 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
A leecher is simply a user who does not yet have a complete copy of a particular file.
A seeder is a person who has the full file download and available .
2006-11-15 02:28:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Parts of a file are stored on many users computers to speed up download etc.
Leechers are those who are downloading a file via peer-to-peer software such as bittorrent, limewire etc
Seeders have already downloaded the file and are being courteous by sending the file back onto the internet for other leechers.
Therefore everyone starts as a leecher, the polite ones become seeders.
It is considered good manners once you have downloaded a file to allow re-seeding the file back to the internet, bittorrent, limewire etc do this automatically.
2006-11-15 10:33:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mark T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A seeder is a person who has the full download available and a leecher is someone who only has a partial download meaning they have not yet downloaded the full version
Hope this helps
2006-11-15 10:32:23 · answer #3 · answered by citta_uk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two kinds of peers can be distinguished. Those who are in the process of downloading the file are called leechers. It is important to note that leechers cannot disable this uploading. As long as somebody leeches, he has to upload parts of the file to other peers. Those peers who have already completed downloading the complete file are called seeds. Seeds are used as sources of parts of the file until they close their BitTorrent client software.
2006-11-15 10:31:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/seeds
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=leacher
bone idle or what ?
2006-11-15 10:37:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋