Quote Originally Posted by Jaimecbr900
Question to everyone: How do Torrents work? I've heard it all over the place, but I don't know anything about it. How does it work? It seems that a lot of people say it's much safer than any other file sharing site/program. Is that true?
Well, with bittorrent, there are files with the extension .torrent that the program uses to find other people that have the entire file(s) or people that are downloading it. Tracker sites like isohunt and mininova (currently one of the best trackers imo) simply store the .torrent files and information about the files they are connected with. Then you search the tracker site for what you are looking for, find a .torrent file that fits the description you want, then download the .torrent file to whatever BitTorrent program (client) you use. The client will then download the file.

Also:
Seeders - people that have the entire file
Leechers - people that are also downloading the file, but do not have the entire thing.