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seeders are people that have the complete file downloading

leechers are people that have parts of the file you downloading

when downloading a torrent, you become a leecher.

so the part of the file you downloaded already is then uploaded to someone downloading the same file just as part of what you downloading comes from other leechers.

i think thats about right.

When you download a torrent, the more seeders there are, the quicker you get the file.

When the download is completed, it will upload the file. It uploads just what you downloaded. If the upload is completed, and you don't stop the process, there is one more seeder. You, are then a seeder.

You can stop the file from uploading though.

Welcome to the world of Peer-to-peer sharing.

A "seed" is a copy of the file that you are downloading (not necessarily a full copy mind you). A "seeder" would be somebody that has that file on their computer and is sharing it for peer-to-peer downloading. The "health" of the file shows if there is a full copy available for download (100% meaning 1 full copy, 200% 2 copies, etc..)

Peer-to-peer downloading clients (such as u-torrent) don't just download files from complete files though, sometimes they will connect to users that only have part of the file downloaded to download that part of the file onto your machine. This explains the "upload" speed that you are seeing, you are sharing the part that you have downloaded with someone that is downloading the same file but does not have that part. You can set a cap for upload/download speeds by simply right-clicking on the download using the pop-up menu to change the speeds.

Hi

we have two processes on the Internet for downloads the UDP and the TCP/IP these are internet protocols the difference is error correction with the TCP/IP.

the torrent is a UDP protocol it does not error check the sent data so it can come with all sorts of rubbish like a seeder virus which is what you don't want but it is in there, during a download using TCP/IP a return signal is sent to tell the sending end the data is correct or faulty so it is sent again till it is correct.the data is sent in packets which is checked returning packets tells the source that what it has sent is received in the correct format.

You are uploading informationa about recieved packet :)

and seeders are people who have file that you are downloading