The BitTorrent client program on your computer rearranges the pieces on your computer into the organized book. So from Peer 1 you get chapter one, Peer 2 you get chapter two, etc., until you have all the pieces of the book without regard to the order of downloading the pieces. All of the peers, in addition to the seed, provide you with “pieces” of the book. Then you come along and search for the book and want to download it. Prior to searching for the book, an individual computer (the seed) possessed the book and distributed the book to other computers (peers) on the BitTorrent network. Let’s say you want to download a very large book. This discussion is not intended to be an in depth discussion of the P2P networks rather it will provide a very general understanding of the process through a specific example. A BitTorrent client is a computer program that runs the BitTorrent protocols.
To use the P2P network an individual has to use a BitTorrent client on their computer. These P2P networks are typically used to share and transfer large files such as television programs, video clips, and songs. These networks are also called peer-to-peer (P2P) networks because individual computers make up the BitTorrent network.
BitTorrent networks are networks of computers that connect to each other to share data and electronic files.
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