Tracker Terminology Dictionary - Torrent Invites! Get your free private torrent tracker invites !

ultraleecher · #1 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 08:54 AM

Well I have founded some words that I couldn't understand when I was in the trackers so I search and I would like to write a kind of dictionary for the ones who want to understand some terms that are commonly used there. If you have more terms I can add here. (The definitions are from different websites)

Tracker Terminology Dictionary

Availability:
The number of full copies of the file available to the client. Each seed adds 1.0 to this number, as they have one complete copy of the file. A connected peer with a fraction of the file available adds that fraction to the availability, if no other peer has this part of the file. (ie. a peer with 65.3% of the file downloaded increases the availability by 0.653. However, if two peers both have the same portion of the file downloaded - say 50% - and there is only one seeder, the availability is 1.5).

Axx:
Short for ‘account’ or ‘accounts’ - as in private accounts.

Client:
The program that enables p2p file sharingvia the BitTorrent protocol. Examples of clients include microtorrent, and Vuze.

Dead (Torrent):
A torrent that no longer has any seeders. The possibility of completely downloading the files in a dead torrent is highly unlikely, especially on private trackers.

DL:
Short for ‘download’.

Freeleech:
Freeleech is a promo offered by a private site - usually specific to individual torrents. It means that you can download that torrent without any ratio changes to your account. Torrents that are tagged ‘freeleech’ will not count against your ‘download’ ratio, but will count positively towards your upload ratio. A freeleech promo may also consist of everything on the tracker (i.e. A "Freeleech Weekend") whereby everything is available as freeleech (not just specific torrents). It simply a way to help you maintain a better ratio.

Invite(s):
An invitation to a private tracker. Invites are often given to existing private site members who show outstanding qualities, such as a good ratio. These invites are then free to give out to whomever you wish via email notification.

IRC (Pre) Channel:
This is the place where they ‘announce’ new additions to the site. Great place to hang out if you’re looking for the latest torrents. Some sites even offer an ‘IRC Autodownload’ script that connects to a BitTorrent client - latest releases are automatically added as they’re announced. You can use it either by using an IRC-client (mIRC, xChat) or by the tracker’s Java-based Live Chat (in the browser).

Leech / Leecher:
A leecher is someone who hasn’t finished downloading the torrent, and still remains in the swarm. It can also be a negative connotation for someone who doesn’t share a torrent to a minimum 1:1 share ratio.

Nuked:
A ‘nuked’ release is one that has been deleted or rejected from (in this case) the tracker. A variety of reasons will stipulate for a "nuke", such as a release with malware, or movies with unsynced audio, bad aspect ratio, poor quality etc. It can also refer to a torrent that has been ’stolen from p2p’ and upped as a scene release.

Passkey:
In order to prevent private torrents from being uploaded to public sites (in effect turning it into a public tracker), there are a number of security measures in place. One of them being passkeys. A unique passkey is assigned to each member of a private site and is incorporated into each torrent. It identifies your account in relation to the torrent, and it’s also used in gathering your UL and DL traffic statistics. Some sites will allow you to change your own passkey manually; others require that you explain the reason for the requested change.

Peer:
A peer is one instance of a BitTorrent client running on a computer on the Internet to which other clients connect and transfer data. Usually a peer does not have the complete file, but only parts of it. However, in the colloquial definition, "peer" can be used to refer to any participant in the swarm (in this case, it’s synonymous with "client").

PM:
Short for ‘Private Message’ - these can be found in your inbox. Most sites support a ‘PM’ system for its members. PM’ed - you were sent a PM. Eg.: If you jump in class, you’ll be PM’ed by a site admin to notify you of your elite status.

Proof:
Found on tracker invites & swapping forums, particularly during giveaways. Proofs usually consist of a speedtest and current ratio on a private tracker. Both of these will prove that you’ll be able to handle the account maturely and professionally.

PU:
Short for ‘Power User’. Typically it’s a ‘class’ that is one rung higher than the default ‘User Class’.

Ratio:
The most important statistic to any private account. It’s the measure of uploaded data vs. downloaded. Eg.: An account with 400 GB downloaded and 500 GB uploaded is a 1.25 ratio.

Reseed:
If someone seeds a torrent again after they had already finished and closed it earlier. This is done when a torrent has leechers, but no seeder. It’s a great way to help out the community. It reactivates the torrent so others can now finish their download and then seed. If you want to reseed a file, just start the torrent again and download the file to the same directory on your PC where you have your complete copy. Bittorrent will then check your existing data, find that you already have the complete file and then you’ll just upload (seed).

Seed / Seeder:
Typically it’s the number of how many people have completed a torrent, and are now sharing it. There are two types of users in a torrent - seeds and leechers. Together, they make up the ‘peers’ in a torrent.

Seed/Leech Ratio:
The number of seeds to leechers, usually shown as a percentage in the statistics section for a tracker. If there’s 20 seeders to every 1 leecher, the ratio would be 2000%. In most cases, a higher percent makes for faster downloads, although it also makes it more difficult to upload.

Seedbox:
A seedbox is BitTorrent jargon for a dedicated high-speed server used explicitly for torrent transfers; more specifically - for uploading (seeding) at high rates.

Signup(s):
The process of registering with a private tracker. A tracker that is ‘open for signups’ is open to new members. When signups are closed, the tracker may only be accepting new membership through invite only, or not at all.

Super-seeding:
When a file is new, much time can be wasted because the seeding client might send the same file piece to many different peers, while other pieces have not yet been downloaded at all. Some clients, like ABC, Azureus, BitTornado, TorrentStorm, and µTorrent have a "superseed" mode, where they try to only send out pieces that have never been sent out before, theoretically making the initial propagation of the file much faster. However the super-seeding becomes substantially less effective and may even reduce performance compared to the normal "rarest first" model in cases where some peers have poor or limited connectivity. This mode is generally used only for a new torrent, or one which must be re-seeded because no other seeds are available.

Swarm:
Together, all peers (including seeders) sharing a torrent are called a swarm. For example, six ordinary peers and two seeders make a swarm of eight.

Tracker:
A tracker is a server that keeps track of which seeds and peers are in the swarm. Clients report information to the tracker periodically and in exchange receive information about other clients to which they can connect. The tracker is not directly involved in the data transfer and does not have a copy of the file.

Tracker Level:
Private BitTorrent sites are categorized using a number of criteria. The higher the level, the more difficult it is to gain access to. Criteria may include: Number of invites given out; rarity; number of site members, etc. A "level 1 tracker" would be considered ‘low-level’ and easy to get into; a "level 10" near impossible.

UL:
Short for ‘upload’. As is ‘UL Credit’.

User CP:
Or ‘User Control Panel’ - this is where the member’s options can be changed (user profile).

0-Day / 0-Sec:
0-Day means someone has access to a release within a day after it was pre’d, but usually the time is much shorter than a day.

0-Day Tracker:
A private BitTorrent site (tracker) that offers mostly 0-day releases. Most private sites are technically considered 0-day trackers, since most are able to get proper scene releases within the same day. But when a tracker is referred to as an "0-Day Tracker", the general concensus is that they’ve got some close scene connections and actually offer the releases as it happens. ScT is a good example of this.

Ureshii · #2 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 09:26 AM

Never really understood what 0-day meant,lol

monarchs90 · #3 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 09:37 AM

This is a great list. What about "scene" in reference to a torrent? What is that?

ultraleecher · #4 (**permalink**) 11-04-2008, 10:50 AM

I think scene torrents are files released within a week and are distributed first in very private sites and then are distributed in an easy way by trackers. I'm not sure, maybe a someone can help us!

BowDown · #5 (**permalink**) 11-05-2008, 12:20 AM

Thanks this is awesome. Good post.