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BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) communications protocol. BitTorrent is a method of distributing large amounts of data widely without the original distributor incurring the entire costs of hardware, hosting and bandwidth resources. Instead, when data is distributed using the BitTorrent protocol, recipients each supply data to newer recipients, reducing the cost and burden on any given individual source, providing redundancy against system problems, and reducing dependence upon the original distributor.
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I want to try out Bittorrent, how do I start?

Files from the internet could not be easier. Windows OS, Linux, Mac and other types should download one of the following BitTorrent Clients:

Utorrent - My favorite. Small, light-weight, and powerful enough to do most of my torrent downloads.
Azureus - A very nice Java client that incorporates a full-featured GUI with extensive visualizations/statistics about the transfer.

I have a file with an extension that I am not familiar with... What can I do?

7-Zip - An open source file archiver that can read, but not write, ISO images.
Alcohol 120% - A commercial CD/DVD burner and image mounting program that can also create ISO files from discs.
Alcohol 52% FE - A feature-limited free edition of Alcohol 120%. Cannot burn discs.
Daemon Tools - An ad-supported freeware utility to mount ISO images in Windows operating systems.
Folder2Iso - A freeware program to create an ISO image file from any kind of folder, including subfolders. The program does not require installation. Compatible with Windows Vista.
ImgBurn - a freeware disc image recorder that can build and write ISO image files.
InfraRecorder - A GPL-licensed freeware utility for writing CD and DVD image files to disc.
IsoBuster - A shareware program that can extract ISOs, plus full CD descriptions in various modes, and handle and extract ISO and related files.
ISO Recorder - A free (for personal use) ISO creation and writing tool for Windows XP and later.
LC ISO Creator - A free and tiny (23kB) CD/DVD ISO image creation tool for Windows NT/2000/XP.
MagicDISC - A free disc image emulator.
PowerISO - A shareware program which can mount, edit and extract many disk image formats.
Power Archiver - A shareware file archiver that can handle ISO images.
UltraISO - A shareware application for creating, modifying and converting ISO image files.
Virtual CD-ROM Control Panel - A free tool from Microsoft to mount ISO images as drives.
Virtual CloneDrive - A freeware CD emulator from SlySoft.
WinRAR - A shareware file archiver that can read, but not write, ISO images.

I just downloaded a video. I cannot hear or see anything?

Most likely this is an issue with codecs. Video and sound codecs are mandatory in many video formats. Without the appropiate codec, you might hear but not see anything... or worse hear and see nothing. In order to save time, we recommend that you follow the following in order to ensure that you have the appropiate codecs installed on your system.

Look at the file extension of the video you just downloaded
Do a search on a search engine like Google for "codec ogg" » where ***.ogg is the extension of the file
Download the codec and install it

Some people like to simply find a bundled up codec package that has all of the most common codecs available. One such pack is the Gordian Knot

Another package that boasts quite alot of codecs is K-Lite Mega Codec. With both these packages, you are pretty much assured to be able to open and view 99% of the video torrents out there.