BIT torrent is peer to peer sharing and is a plug-in for your browser and runs in the background on your OS.

Peer to Peer sharing is the concept of sharing files to the public and allowing others to download those files. The power in BIT torrent is allowing a person to download a file from many people at the same time and therefore increasing the download speed.

The use of BIT torrent is not illegal, but downloading or sharing of copyright material is illegal. All material on BIT torrent is not illegal. Many sites use Bit Torrent to distribute their software at a low cost, because they are not paying for a FTP server but use people’s PCs.

If you Google “download BIT Torrent” you will get a ton of hits.

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