What are torrents? How does it work?

[b0dge]

I keep hearing people mention torrents, and I was wondering if anyone could explain how it works to me...

I understand that it's a way of downloading files, but what makes it better than "normal" downloading or P2P?

I could google it, i suppose, but talking to you guys is much more fun!

 

[MrZucchiniHead]

http://www.dessent.net/btfaq/

 

[b0dge]

Whoaa, That's a lot of info!

Thanks very much...

 

[Harper]

Wiki is your freind
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit_torrent