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BitTorrent is a file sharing system invented in 2001 by Bram Cohen. The protocol is owned by the company of the same name, which also produces a client program called BitTorrent. Despite being patented, the protocol is free to all to use and other developers are free to develop their own client programs based on the protocol. BitLord is one of these clients developed by other companies.
BitTorrent Process
The BitTorrent protocol has no central controlling authentication server, and no file server. All a computer needs to join a file sharing network is an Internet connection and a BitTorrent client. The client program handles all the communication procedures to connect to its counterparts running on other computers around the world. The system relies on directory sites and tracker files. The directory sites usually hold the trackers as well. A user wishing to download a file finds a small 'meta' file in a directory site, downloads it and opens the file in the BitTorrent client. The meta file contains certain details about the required file, including the location of the tracker. The client contacts the tracker and reads the addresses of the holders of the required file. It then contacts those computers to request the files.
Compatibility
BitTorrent clients can contact other clients following the BitTorrent protocol, even if they are not BitTorrent clients. Similarly, BitLord clients can contact other clients, regardless of their brands. A client by BitTorrent can exchange files with a client from BitLord, for example.
BitTorrent Clients
Although BitTorrent invented the protocol, their client is not automatically the best. In fact, early on, BitTorrent recognized that uTorrent was superior and bought it. The BitTorrent company rewrote their client program following the design of uTorrent. Now It develops new versions of the client and releases the Beta version as uTorrent, once the version is stable, it releases it as BitTorrent. So, Every BitTorrent version is stable. BitLord was originally based on the core program of another BitTorrent client, called BitComet.
Comparison
BitLord release version 2 Beta which also supported the eDonkey network, which is an alternative download system, BitTorrent only follows the BitTorrent protocol. However, That version of BitLord was withdrawn, and the current version, 1.2, still reports many problems. At the time of publication, all comments on the BitLord website are negative ones. BitTorrent only releases stable versions once they have been in use as uTorrent versions, making BitTorrent a much more reliable program. BitLord carries advertisements, where BitTorrent does not.
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About the Author
Stephen Byron Cooper began writing professionally in 2010. He holds a Bachelor of Science in computing from the University of Plymouth and a Master of Science in manufacturing systems from Kingston University. A career as a programmer gives him experience in technology. Cooper also has experience in hospitality management with knowledge in tourism.
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