seeding and leeching

In BitTorrent protocols , what is meant by 'seeding and leeching'. Can anyone give me the proper definition of this two terms.

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  • Mahesh Dahale
    Mahesh Dahale
    Seeding :- Uploading a data which you have on your computer

    Leeching :- Downloading data from others which are shared by them
  • sarveshgupta
    sarveshgupta
    that is the reason your download is much faster when you have more number of leechers than the seeds

    Uploading(others are downloading from you) of a file keeps on going continuously from your computer after you download that file.
  • Aashish Joshi
    Aashish Joshi
    sarveshgupta
    that is the reason your download is much faster when you have more number of leechers than the seeds
    I am sure you mean downloading is faster with more number of seeders!! ๐Ÿ˜
  • sarveshgupta
    sarveshgupta
    ya more the number of seeds faster is the download

    because seeders are those who are uploading the file for download
  • aaruthra
    aaruthra
    how to seed or leech a file after downloading it?

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