What are "seeders" and "leechers" when searching Bit torrent files?

Answer 1

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seeders are people who have already downloaded the file and are uploading them the more seeders the faster the download will go

leechers are people who are sharing what they have and are downloading what you have

when searching torents always get high seeded torents if there is no seeders you will never finish the download no matter how many leechers there are

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Answer 2

seeders are the people uloading the files, that means they are the people who are giving you the oppertunity to download the file, the more seeders, the faster download you will get

leachers are the people like you, who want to download the file off the seeders,

Answer 3

seeders r ppl who hav 100% of the file u r downloading and are also uploading the file.

Leechers r the opposite they dont upload what they download.

Answer 4

seeders are people that have the whole file your lookin to download, leechers are people with parts of the file. its always good to seed your torrent after you download it, to help the next guy out...

Answer 5

Seeders are users who have the complete file and are sharing it, leechers are users who are actively downloading the file but also share what they have downloaded with other users.

Answer 6

Seeders are people who already have the complete file. Good torrent etiquite says to share the file, even after you have finished downloading it, until you have uploaded as much as you downloaded, thus seeders keep sharing the file for others.
Leachers are those copying the files. With most torrent clients you are sharing the parts of the file you have already downloaded with others, so while leaching you are also uploading some content. However since internet connections provide much more bandwidth to download rather than upload you will not have a 1/1 ratio by the time you finish downloading the file.
Short and sweet - Seeders have completed the download but are continuing to share it with others, Leechers are in the process of downloading.