WHAT'S THE MEANINGBitTorrent is a method by which people across the world can distribute data and electronic files over the Internet. This is all done through the use of torrent files. Files which contain information (called metadata) about a specific file or folder and an address to a location (called trackers) where they can be accessed and downloaded.DID YOU KNOW?Bittorrenting has become one if not, the most popular way of sharing files and data over the internet for a long time now. It has made it easier for anyone to share their files with people across the world easily and conveniently. It was estimated that around 6,717 petabytes of data are in 2018 using BitTorrent alone. Yet a new and trendy type of downloading digital files is through magnet links.
AbstractNon-institutionalized collective action is such a conspicuous feature of today’s social landscape, exemplified by recent events in the Arab world, that a day rarely goes by in which the news does not refer to a social movement or protest activity. The study of these movements is important on many levels, especially in the greater understanding it offers of the social worlds in which they emerge and operate. This Encyclopedia delivers a comprehensive, authoritative, interdisciplinary, and up-to-date reference work, filled with examples, key perspectives, concepts, relevant research methodologies, and scholarly insights on social and political movements across the entire globe. The Encyclopedia comprises over 400 entries, in a user-friendly A-Z format within a three-volume print set, and it will be simultaneously available online.
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