14 DAY TRIAL // µTorrent, a popular BitTorrent client now available for Mac OS X as well, has been updated to version 0.9.2 beta. The software follows the rules of a protocol such as HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol).
BitTorrent can be used to deliver any type of file. However, BitTorrent is purely a content-distribution method, and does not incorporate any technology to differentiate between content that is legitimately shared and content that is pirated – just like a web browser. µTorrent version 0.9.2 brings support for PPC, and UDP tracker support. uTP now supports window sizes smaller than the packet size. Other major changes include the addition of a upnp host cache to speed up the upnp nat resolution on certain routers and reduced uTP overhead slightly by ramping up packet sizes at lower rates.
Over two dozen fixes have been incorporated in this release as well, including a race crash in low level network read and write; a 100% CPU usage bug; a UDP-tracker crash when dns resolution would fail; a rare crash in low level network read and write – just to scratch the surface of the changelog.
BitTorrent (often abbreviated to 'BT') is a protocol (a set of rules and descriptions of how to do things) allowing you to download files quickly, by permitting the download of the file and the upload of (distribute) parts of it at the same time. Since it is a lot cheaper, faster, and more efficient to distribute files using BitTorrent than a regular download, the method is often used for the distribution of very large files, very popular files, and files available for free. Just as there are multiple HTTP clients, there are multiple BitTorrent clients, and µTorrent is one such client.
NOTE that anybody can see your IP address when using peer-to-peer clients such as µTorrent. This identifies your computer on the Internet, so you'd better not break your country's laws concerning copyrighted content while using µTorrent. All this being said...