A BitTorrent client is a computer program that implements the BitTorrent protocol. To send or receive files, a person uses a BitTorrent client on their Internet-connected computer. Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clientsīitTorrent is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), which enables users to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet in a decentralized manner.For other uses, see BitTorrent (disambiguation).
This article is about the file sharing protocol.