A reseeder is someone who has the completed torrent, reconnects to the swarm, and saves the day. Reseed: When no more seeds exist for a particular file, then anyone who was actively trying to download it will be unable to finish. Seed(er): It's good etiquette to continue sharing a file even after you've finished downloading the entire torrent, if only for a short while. Peers who haven't finished downloading a file are also referred to as leechers, but not necessarily in a derogatory way. The fewer people there are sharing a file, the longer it takes to download, and for this reason, leeching is highly discouraged. The most common definition of a leech is someone who disconnects and stops sharing a file as soon as they've obtained a complete copy. Leech(er) : There are two meanings for this one. Peer : Any other computer on the Internet which is both downloading and uploading portions of a file at the same time. The torrent file (.torrent) is not the actual data you're trying to retrieve. It contains information about the file(s) you're trying to download, such as file names, file sizes, where to download, and so forth.
A torrent is a small metadata file usually just a few kilobytes in size. Torrent: Lazy linguists sometimes substitute Torrent in place of BitTorrent, but it actually has a definition all its own.
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