BitTorrent

Summary

BitTorrent is a computer network protocol^[1]. BitTorrent ranks in the top 2% of computer_network_protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,074 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• BitTorrent's image is recorded as BitTorrent logo.svg^[3].
• BitTorrent's instance of is recorded as computer network protocol^[4].
• BitTorrent's Commons category is recorded as BitTorrent^[5].
• +2001-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BitTorrent^[6].
• BitTorrent's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jp81^[7].
• BitTorrent's official website is recorded as https://www.bittorrent.org/^[8].
• BitTorrent's topic's main category is recorded as Category:BitTorrent^[9].
• BitTorrent's described at URL is recorded as http://www.bittorrent.org/beps/bep_0003.html^[10].
• BitTorrent's described at URL is recorded as https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/blob/master/epan/dissectors/packet-bittorrent.c^[11].
• BitTorrent's spoken text audio is recorded as Nl-BitTorrent-article.ogg^[12].
• BitTorrent's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 986041^[13].
• BitTorrent's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0518884^[14].
• BitTorrent's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/BitTorrent^[15].
• BitTorrent's topic has template is recorded as Template:BitTorrent^[16].
• BitTorrent's Quora topic ID is recorded as BitTorrent-product^[17].
• BitTorrent's Quora topic ID is recorded as Torrents-file-sharing-services^[18].
• BitTorrent's Cultureel Woordenboek ID is recorded as media/bittorrent^[19].
• BitTorrent's subreddit is recorded as torrents^[20].
• BitTorrent's schematic is recorded as Torrentcomp small.gif^[21].
• BitTorrent's P6009 is recorded as 1865^[22].
• BitTorrent's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 520566109^[23].
• BitTorrent's Have I Been Pwned breach ID is recorded as BitTorrent^[24].
• BitTorrent's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 비트토렌트^[25].
• BitTorrent's GitHub topic is recorded as bittorrent^[26].
• BitTorrent's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C520566109^[27].

Body

Cultural Impact

Things named for BitTorrent include Nyaa Torrents^[28], a website^[29], founded in 2005^[30] and KTorrent^[31], a free software^[32].

Why It Matters

BitTorrent ranks in the top 2% of computer_network_protocol entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,074 views/month).^[2] BitTorrent has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] BitTorrent is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for BitTorrent include Nyaa Torrents^[28], a website^[29], founded in 2005^[30] and KTorrent^[31], a free software^[32].