Torrent
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
torrent
n 1: a heavy rain [syn: {downpour}, {cloudburst}, {deluge},
{waterspout}, {torrent}, {pelter}, {soaker}]
2: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the
houses were swept away in the torrent" [syn: {torrent},
{violent stream}]
3: an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a
torrent of abuse" [syn: {flood}, {inundation}, {deluge},
{torrent}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Torrent \Tor"rent\, n. [F., fr. L. torrens, -entis, fr. torrens
burning, roaring, boiling, p. pr. of torrere to dry by heat,
to burn. See {Torrid}.]
1. A violent stream, as of water, lava, or the like; a stream
suddenly raised and running rapidly, as down a precipice.
[1913 Webster]
The roaring torrent is deep and wide. --Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fig.: A violent or rapid flow; a strong current; a flood;
as, a torrent of vices; a torrent of eloquence.
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At length, Erasmus, that great injured name, . . .
Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age. --Pope.
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
BitTorrent
seed
torrent
<networking> A popular, distributed form of {peer-to-peer}
{file sharing} that enables a {client} program to fetch
different parts of a file (a "torrent") from different sources
in parallel. The system is designed to encourage users to
make downloaded data available for others to upload. This is
aided by a scheme for exchanging unique identifiers, commonly
stored in ".torrent" files. A downloader who does not serve
data to others is called a "leech". A "seed" is a computer
that has a complete copy of a file, possibly the original.
The bittorrent.com site claims there are over 100 million
users as of 2007-03-24.
Most of the data is copyright material like films or
commercial software.
(http://www.bittorrent.com/what-is-bittorrent).
(2007-03-27)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
67 Moby Thesaurus words for "torrent":
Niagara, antelope, arrow, belch, blue darter, blue streak, burst,
cannonball, cascade, cataclysm, cataract, courser, dart,
debouchment, deluge, dissiliency, eagle, effusion, electricity,
eructation, eruption, express train, flare-up, flash, flood,
flooding, flow, fresh, freshet, gazelle, greased lightning,
greyhound, gush, gushing, hare, inundation, jet, jet plane, light,
lightning, mercury, outbreak, outburst, outpouring, overflow, pour,
quicksilver, rapids, river, rocket, rush, scared rabbit, shot,
spate, spew, spurt, streak, streak of lightning, stream,
striped snake, swallow, thought, thunderbolt, tide, volcan,
waterflood, wind
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