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- noun Plural form of
seeder .
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Examples
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As of 11 a.m. ET, the six torrents on Mininova showed more than 1,400 total "seeders" -- the term for a computer that has a complete copy of the torrent file -- and about 14,000 "leechers," or computers that have downloaded only part of the complete torrent.
Computerworld News 2009
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As of 11 a.m. ET, the six torrents on Mininova showed more than 1,400 total "seeders" -- the term for a computer that has a complete copy of the torrent file -- and about 14,000
Infoworld News 2009
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So-called seeders typically provide startup capital to new funds in exchange for a share of their revenue.
BusinessWeek.com -- 2010
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BitTorrent file sharing is more complicated, with downloaders and uploaders collecting in transient swarms of so-called seeders and leechers.
Privacy Digest 2010
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"seeders" -- the term for a computer that has a complete copy of the torrent file -- and about
NGOHQ.com - News 2009
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On one BitTorrent site we visited, three different rips of the same CD are available in its Top 100 Music downloads page, with nearly 5,000 "seeders" a computer that has a complete copy of the torrent file which helps to distribute the pirated music quickly and efficiently.
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How quickly the content is obtained is a function of how many "seeders" there are to share the file (s), as well as the speed of the user's internet connection.
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The film features "seeders," scientists who inject clouds with substances that hasten condensation, thereby making rain.
Museum Blogs 2009
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One of the files found via a search on Pirate Bay, for example, sported about nearly 3,000 "seeders," the term for a computer that has a complete copy of the torrent file and is able to share it with others.
PC Advisor News 2009
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One of the files found via a search on Pirate Bay, for example, sported about nearly 3,000 "seeders," the term for a computer that has a complete copy of the torrent file and is able to share it with others.
PC Advisor News 2009
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