Since I'm currently working doing techy things, I will answer:
So, a Torrent is a "starter file." It is a very small file which contains information about the files you are about to download. It's kind of like the card catalog at the library. You go to the card catalog to find out where the actual book is. (ok not that great of an analogy).
What happens is, when you download a .torrent file, you open it with a torrent "client". The job of the client is to read the information inside the torrent file, connect to other people who have the same file, and download it from them.
There are many different BitTorrent clients, and the difference between them is mostly preference. For Windows, download uTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/). For Macintosh, grab Transmission (http://www.transmissionbt.com/)
Since I'm currently working doing techy things, I will answer:
So, a Torrent is a "starter file." It is a very small file which contains information about the files you are about to download. It's kind of like the card catalog at the library. You go to the card catalog to find out where the actual book is. (ok not that great of an analogy).
What happens is, when you download a .torrent file, you open it with a torrent "client". The job of the client is to read the information inside the torrent file, connect to other people who have the same file, and download it from them.
There are many different BitTorrent clients, and the difference between them is mostly preference. For Windows, download uTorrent (http://www.utorrent.com/). For Macintosh, grab Transmission (http://www.transmissionbt.com/)