Torrent Glossary
. Especially if you're new to BitTorrent in general, there are probably many new and unfamiliar terms used throughout this manual (and in many other BitTorrent-related places). To help "clue" you in on the new vocabulary, this glossary can be of great help. A announce The act of connecting to a tracker to update it on your status, and to obtain information from it as well, including (but not limited to) an updated peer list . availability The number of complete copies of the torrent contents there are distributed in the part of the swarm you're connected to. The amount of the torrent contents you currently have is included in the availability count. A swarm with no seed and with an availability below 1.0 will likely be unable to finish transferring the complete torrent contents. B block The units of data that comprise a piece . Because blocks do not directly affect whether torrent contents are considered to be finished