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To the ones who are new to the Internet, it might be confusing as to how to open torrent files and start downloads. This article will give you the low down on how to open torrent files on Windows or any other operating system. It is very simple and can be done in a matter of minutes. Let me underline the procedure for opening torrent files in this article.

Internet has made file sharing possible on a worldwide scale. Torrent files and the torrent based sharing network has made the transfer of gigabytes of data possible over large distances. Before we have a look at how to open torrent files, let us see what exactly are torrent files.

What are Torrent Files?

Torrent files are very small sized files with a extension of '.torrent' that are made available on the Internet. These files are known as control files that have information which can help locate files that you want to download from the Internet. Opening a torrent file provides the 'Torrent Client' software installed on your computer, to get information about the contents of the files to be downloaded and also enables it to track other clients that are sharing those files. It contains information about trackers that are following up the locations of those files. A torrent file thus provides complete information about the computers around the globe, which have the data you want.

How to Open Torrent Files to Download Stuff?

Let us see how to open torrent files and enable download of files. The things you'll need are a computer terminal with a high speed Internet connection.

Opening a torrent file is not possible without a torrent client installed on your computer. Therefore the first thing you need to do is look for torrent clients on the Internet. Search on Google for Torrent Clients. There are many software programs that you will find. They are all similar in architecture and are known by different names. Some of the popular ones are Azures, BitTorrent and if you are using Linux, you already have a torrent client like transmission installed. Download anyone of the torrent clients and get it installed on your computer by following installation instructions.

Once you have gotten the torrent client installed, next thing to do is look for torrent tracker sites that host torrent files. Just search 'torrent tracker' on Google and you will find many sites that host torrent files.

Click on any of these sites and search for the data that you need to download. If it is available then a torrent file will exist in the search results. The people who already have that file and are sharing it are called 'Seeders' and the ones that are downloading the files are called 'Leechers'. See to it that the torrent file information indicates a high seeder to leecher ratio. More the seeders, faster is the download of the file. Look at the comments below about the torrent and make sure that the data is authentic. Sometimes malicious software exists on such torrents and therefore you need to check for it.

Then download the torrent file, by clicking on the download file. If you have successfully installed the bit torrent client, a window will open after the file is downloaded. It will ask for your permission to open the torrent file using the torrent client. Say 'ok' and select the hard drive download location for the files. Once that is done, the file download will begin! Thus you have successfully opened a torrent file and started the download of desired files.

It is illegal to download copyrighted material like movies and music using torrent clients. Your Internet service provider has the authority to disconnect your Internet connection if you download such stuff illegally. So, make sure that you only download stuff that is in the public domain. You have been warned!

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