torrent

A torrent is a fast flowing stream. Torrent may also refer to:

• Torrent, Valencia, a city in Spain
• Torrent, Girona, a Spanish village
• Torrent Bay, New Zealand
• Torrent Falls, an outdoor area in Kentucky, USA
• Torrent River, which feeds into the bay
• River Torrent, Northern Ireland

In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers that help participants in the system find each other and form efficient distribution groups called swarms. A torrent file does not contain the content to be distributed; it only contains information about those files, such as their names, sizes, folder structure, and cryptographic hash values for verifying file integrity. Depending on context, a torrent may be the torrent file or the referenced content.