Monday, September 21, 2009

BitTorrent narrative




A "swarm" is a group of computers sharing the same file (whether or not some of them have a complete version of it).

The .torrent file is what identifies this group of computers from which you can download/share data blocks.

A "block" is a portion of the file being shared.


Here is the first attempt at this narrative:



...which doesn't express much besides the limitless connections that can
be made over BitTorrent


1 comment:

  1. These look good but produce the generic all encompassing diagram in black boxes and lines. The specific imagined narratives can fill in the black boxes to illustrate a possible transfer or serices of transfers. This generic diagram will help you to define your analog. How is the video sequencing camera research going? G.

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