Definition of Seed and Peer?

Question

I have just downloaded uTorrent. What is Seed and Peer?

Answer 1

In utorrent, peers are those you are actively connected to, the swarm is the term for every one else DLing the file. Since your comp can only handle so many active connection, the tracker (the specialized BT server that coordinates the swarm) hooks you up with other peers who are downloading the file. So you are connected to 20 and the other peers are connected to another group of peers. Each set of peers is connected to every other set. This helps maximize file distribution to help ensure everyone gets a complete copy.
The simple version goes a little something like this:

In Utorrent you'll see :
Seeds 125 (680) Peers 25 (549)
125 seeds you are connected to, (680 in the swarm).
Same thing for peers.
BT is non-sequential, meaning that it doesn't upload or download the file from start to finish. It uploads the file in random chunks. The great part of this is that even if the file has no seeds you still have a chance of getting the whole file since someone else in the swarm probably has the chunk(s) you need. The above numbers are from Open SuSE 10.2 (Linux) that I am helping to seed at the moment.
Check out dessent.net for more BT info.
As an extra, get PeerGuardian2. It's a freeware app that helps block such busybodies as the RIAA. Just DL, install, update and run it along side your P2P apps.
I hope this helps and happy BTing!

Answer 2

friends are those who're downloading the data and those which already have the data: that is largely the completed of human beings that've and are going for an same document. Seeds are those who accomplished downloading the data and are seeding it on their pc for individuals to acquire: that is likewise stated as Speeders because those with the optimal Seeds you receives the document faster. Leechers: are the poeple downloading an identical information from seeders... the document with the a lot less leechers provide you with the most bits.