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a flood that forgets which way is polite and just goes
means A torrent is a violent, rushing stream of water — or by extension any overwhelming gush of things, like rain, abuse, or downloaded files.
from From Latin 'torrentem' (nominative 'torrens'), which literally meant 'boiling' or 'scorching' — the present participle of 'torrere,' to parch or burn (the same root that gives us 'toast' and 'torrid'). The leap from heat to floodwater is less strange than it looks: a 'torrens' was a stream that boiled and seethed in flood, churning so fiercely it seemed to burn. It reached English through Old French 'torrent.'
- latin root
- From torrere, to scorch — flowing water named for fire
- peer power
- Files arrive in pieces from strangers worldwide simultaneously
- desert ghost
- Some torrents run only after rare violent rains
- swarm logic
- More downloaders means faster speeds, not slower
pirate bay — swedish torrent site founded in 2003, still operating with millions of daily users
the utorrent client — torrent application downloaded by 100+ million users, developed by rakesh agrawal in 2005
kickass torrents — file-sharing site that served 100+ million monthly visitors before shutdown in 2016