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A BitTorrent tracker is a special type of server that assists in the communication between peers using the BitTorrent protocol. Wikipedia →

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S-Tracker Design and Implementation for the Guarantee of File Download Availability in BitTorrent

In-Chul Hwang, Jahwan Koo, Ung-Mo Kim · 2017 · The Journal of Korean Institute of Information Technology · 1 citations

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