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[sheridan3520]

when downloading from piratebay there are seeders and leechers what are they and what do they do

[SAT-WORLD]

A seeder is the person,who uploads a file(s),and always its downloading.
A leecher is the person,who downloads a file,without uploading any files,or refusing to share the downloading file(s).

[cableguy2]

In the normal context a leecher is someone who just takes and doesn't upload but on sites like isohunt and piratebay its different and sat-world has misunderstood the question...

On torrent sites a seed is someone with a whole copy of the file who is uploading it, a leecher (or better described as a peer) is someone who is downloading the file and also uploading the parts of the file that he already has.

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