How does Bittorrent work?

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Published on 2011-02-13T20:39:02Z Indexed on 2011/02/13 23:27 UTC
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I want to learn more about the bittorrent way of file sharing. I am a technically advanced user (programmer), so technically advanced material is no problem, but it should be concise and to the point. I need a good resource book/web which explains the overall bittorrent architecture.

I am not interested in details, just the overall architecture and the terminology like seeds, peers, etc.

Any suggestions?

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