uTorrent Review and Analysis
Posted on: September 16, 2009uTorrent - The World's Tiniest BitTorrent Client
BitTorrent refers to a file sharing protocol that is used to transfer large amount of data online. This technology is also called peer-peer (a peer refers to a computer) file sharing protocol and it is estimated that 22%-55% of internet traffic is generated due to peer-to-peer file sharing. This is one of the efficient ways of transferring large amount of data irrespective of whether a computer participating in the transfer has good bandwidth or not. To implement this protocol a program is needed and this program is called BitTorrent client.
Once the connection is established with the help of the client, any type of file can be shared across the P2P network. uTorrent (pronounced as micro torrent) is one of the most famous BitTorrent clients. Unlike the other clients, this program is very tiny and occupies less than 1MB of disk space. Although it has all the features present in other clients, it is also equipped with features like protocol encryption, Tracker-less- support, RSS download-option, scheduler and quick resume etc. Another advantage is that, this application utilizes very little resources for execution, which makes it the most efficient client of all.
Another stunning feature of uTorrent is that web UI functionality has been built into it. Any application whether local or remotely controlled can communicate with this client using web API.A web API is nothing but an API (Application Program Interface) used to invoke the functions of the WEB UI.
uTorrent is written in C++ and this application is also called Utorrent. It is available for both windows and MAC operating systems and can run on systems having RAM less than 14 MB.
Most of the ISPs throttle and reduce the peer-to-peer traffic by reducing the internet speed. This application is built with protocol encryption facility that encrypts the BitTorrent traffic that makes it harder for the ISPs to identify.
This application also makes use of DHT (Distributed hash tables). Usually, a centralized tracker application is present that keeps track of the peers and facilitate connection between them. The requirements to maintain a centralized tracker is huge. To avoid this barrier, decentralized way of tracking is utilized and this is implemented using DHT. In this method, every peer acts as a tracker and it is commonly called tracker-less connection.
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