{"id":1134,"date":"2015-02-14T23:13:59","date_gmt":"2015-02-14T23:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerdorturd.com\/webdevelopments\/nerdorturd\/?p=1134"},"modified":"2017-03-06T15:15:43","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:15:43","slug":"what-are-seeds-and-what-are-leeches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nerdorturd.com\/webdevelopments\/nerdorturd\/what-are-seeds-and-what-are-leeches\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Seeds and what are Leeches?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"utorrent\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A “SEED” is a person who is supplying a file that is being shared over the internet. The more seeds the better!<\/p>\n

A “LEECH,” also know as a “peer,” is a person who is downloading a file, but has not yet fully downloaded it. Leeches are bad. Leeches are not your friend (hence the name). When a leech finishes downloading a file, they become a seed. A Leech can upload parts of a file whilst they are downloading. Once fully downloaded then it will then be defined as a seed.<\/p>\n

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What exactly is a seed and what is a leech? 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