If you have ever used a torrent client to download files, you may have encountered the term “swarm”. But what does it mean and how does it affect your download speed?
A swarm is simply a group of people who are downloading and sharing the same torrent file.
When you open a torrent file with your torrent client like TORRENT PRO APP, you join the swarm and start downloading pieces of the larger file from other peers in the swarm. You also upload pieces that you have already downloaded to other peers who need them. This way, everyone in the swarm helps each other to complete the download faster.
There are two types of peers in a swarm: leechers and seeds. Leechers are peers who are still downloading the file and do not have the complete file yet. Seeds are peers who have already downloaded the complete file and are only uploading it to others. The more seeds there are in a swarm, the faster the download speed will be for everyone, because there will be more sources of the file available.
For example, if there are six leechers and two seeds in a swarm, the total number of peers in the swarm is eight. The leechers can download pieces of the file from both the seeds and other leechers, while the seeds can only upload pieces to the leechers. The download speed will depend on how fast each peer can upload and download, as well as how many pieces they have or need.
To summarize, a swarm is a group of people who are downloading and sharing the same torrent file. The more seeds there are in a swarm, the faster the download speed will be for everyone. A good torrent user should always seed the files they download to help others in the swarm.