BitTorrent index

Not to be confused with BitTorrent tracker.

A BitTorrent index is an index of files potentially accessible via the BitTorrent protocol. Many BitTorrent websites act as both trackers and indexes.

Entries in BitTorrent indexes typically contain a textual description of the file, credits, a cryptographical identifier and a list of Internet hosts willing to transmit the file or coordinate the transmission, given said cryptographical identifier. The identifier can then be used to validate that the file received is the one described in the index.

References

BitTorrent

Companies	BitTorrent, Inc. Vuze, Inc.

People	Eric Klinker Bram Cohen Ashwin Navin Ross Cohen

Technology	Broadcatching Distributed hash tables DNA index Peer exchange Protocol encryption Super-seeding Tracker Torrent file µTP Glossary

Clients (comparison, usage share)	BitTorrent (original client) BitComet BitSpirit BitTornado Deluge FrostWire KTorrent libtorrent (library) LimeWire Miro MLDonkey qBittorrent rTorrent Shareaza Transmission Tribler µTorrent Vuze (formerly Azureus) Xunlei

Tracker software (comparison)	opentracker PeerTracker TorrentPier XBT Tracker

Open trackers	OpenBitTorrent

Search engines (comparison)	BTDigg Burnbit Demonoid EZTV KickassTorrents isoHunt Mininova t411 The Pirate Bay Torrentz What.CD yourBittorrent

Defunct websites	BTJunkie d2 LokiTorrent Oink's Pink Palace Suprnova.org TorrentSpy YouTorrent

Related topics	aXXo BitTorrent Open Source License Glossary of BitTorrent terms Popcorn Time Slyck.com TorrentFreak

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