How to Open a Torrent File

At first glance, those who are not as computer literate as some look at a word like torrent and wonder, "What the heck is that, and what do I do with it?" There really is nothing to worry about when using torrent files, it is so simple, you will laugh at yourself when you're done reading this.

To begin, let me explain exactly what torrent means. In the Webster dictionary a torrent is defined as a flood or rush of words, mail, and in this case music, movies, etc. In order to use a torrent file you must however, have a Bit Torrent client to download the torrent extension files. Sounds a little confusing at the moment, I know, it's not though. You're looking at the word's more than the big picture.

Bit Torrent is just a basic set of rules and description of how to do things to help you and allow you to quickly download files as well as distribute the file being downloaded at the same time. Most of the time when using this application, large files are downloaded or distributed. When I use Bit Torrent I mainly download a months worth of Law & Order episodes or full albums of music.

Once you have obtained a copy of Bit Torrent located at BitTorrent.com, you can start to download thousands of different items. Downloading is very simple. All you do is click "FILE" then "ADD TORRENT", you then locate the torrent file and double click to allow download from server. There are many different websites that you can obtain torrent files from, however I would stick to the high profile ones. And Bit Torrent is one of the very high profile sites for obtaining movies, shows, music, MP3's and much more.

There are a few things that you need to know before even starting to use torrent files and downloads. If you are one of those people who freak out about getting viruses and what not, then unless you have a superb anti virus program like Norton or Windows One Care, then do not even bother to use this application until you do. Since torrent is an open window for people to send viruses through, this happens all to often to those who are newbies. I highly recommend that you obtain a copy of a good virus software before even thinking about using torrent applications.

If you are looking for a more technical explanation on how torrent files works, I advise you to go to Bit Torrent Specifications, this will explain torrent files in a more experienced level. You can also go to Bit Torrent to learn more technical information. Also here is a list of the best bit torrent peer to peer software sites.
Utorrent, BitCornet, ABC, BitLord, TurboBT, and Azureus.

Before using this application, please be sure that you completely understand what you are doing. It is not that hard to use, however if you are not careful with what you download you could download something you do not want.