Official Private Tracker Dictionary

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http://filesharefreak.com/2008/04/25/the-private-tracker-dictionary/

 

http://www.torrent-invites.com/tutorials/46737-official-private-tracker-dictionary.html

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent_tracker

 

 

This is anon-exhaustive list of terminology commonly used throughout the privateBitTorrent community. Hardcore BitTorrent users need not bother readingany further, and will likely find most of this information ratheruseless.

 

Adopt (a torrent):

Some sites have an‘adoption system’ for torrents. This ensures that a torrent will alwayshave at least one seed, and adopters are often rewarded with credit.

 

 

Announce (URL):

The website addressyour bittorrent client uses to connect to a tracker in order to getpeer data (ie. “http://example.no-ip.com:6969/announce”), when you makea torrent, make sure you use the announce URL of the site you want toupload your torrent to.

In public trackers,the announce URL is, hence, public and can be used by anyone, and theURL is not necessarily specific to one public tracker. A good exampleof this is (one of) ThePirateBay’s announce URLs, which is used by manyother indexing sites (such as mininova).

 

Availability:

The number of fullcopies of the file available to the client. Each seed adds 1.0 to thisnumber, as they have one complete copy of the file. A connected peerwith a fraction of the file available adds that fraction to theavailability, if no other peer has this part of the file. (ie. a peerwith 65.3% of the file downloaded increases the availability by 0.653.However, if two peers both have the same portion of the file downloaded- say 50% - and there is only one seeder, the availability is 1.5).

 

Axx:

Short for ‘account’or ‘accounts’ - as in private accounts. Eg.: If you have an account atTorrentLeech and BitMeTV; then these are your axx. Sounds dumb, butit’s somewhat common.

 

Bad Invite:

You’ve given an‘invite’ to someone who has done harm to the site, usually H&Rrelated. In extreme cases, your account may also be deleted as somesites have zero-tolerance on this. Other sites have no policy on thiswhatsoever, and others may have a limitation on how many bad invitesyou are allowed to give (as is the case with FinBytes - which willallow 2 bad invites before disabling your account as well).

 

Bonus System:

See ‘Point System’.

 

Buffer:

The measure (in GBs)of how much more data you’ve uploaded, in comparison to downloaded.Eg.: An axx with 400 GB downloaded and 500 GB uploaded means there’s a100 GB buffer on the account. The higher the better. Buffered accountsalways have a ratio higher than 1.0.

 

Buffered Account:

This can refer to anyaccount that has a buffer on it. In trades & giveaways, a ‘bufferedaccount’ is typically one that a member has spent a great deal of timeand effort to ensure there’s a good buffer on it.

 

Choked:

Describes a peer to whom the client refuses to send file pieces. A client chokes another client in several situations:

* The second client is a seed, in which case it does not want any pieces (ie. it is completely uninterested).

* The client is already uploading at its full capacity (ie. the value for max_uploads has been reached).

 

Class / Class System:

See ‘User Class’.

 

Credit System:

See ‘Point System’.

 

Dead (Torrent):

A torrent that nolonger has any seeders. The possibility of completely downloading thefiles in a dead torrent is highly unlikely, especially on privatetrackers.

 

DL:

Short for ‘download’.

 

Featured Torrents:

Some trackers offer a‘Featured Torrents’ section that contain torrents with special (andfavourable) UL/DL rates. For example, Underground-Gamer offers their‘featured’ with 125% up / 75% down. This is helpful in building a goodsharing ratio. Another example is TTI.nu, which offers a daily‘freeleech’ featured torrent.

 

Fluctuating (Share) Ratio:

A Fluctuating Ratio(scheme) is one whereby the DL and UL rate changes frequently fortorrents. For example, ScL employs this, for example the DL % may be75% and the UL % may be 150% (for a given time on all torrents). Thus,if you downloaded and uploaded exactly 100MB (true data) on a torrent, your calculated download (MB) would be75MB and the upload would be 150 MB, for a share ratio of 2:1 (or 2.0).

 

Freeleech:

Freeleech is a promooffered by a private site - usually specific to individual torrents. Itmeans that you can download that torrent without any ratio changes toyour account. Torrents that are tagged ‘freeleech’ will not countagainst your ‘download’ ratio, but will count positively towards yourupload ratio. A freeleech promo may also consist of everything on thetracker (i.e. A "Freeleech Weekend") whereby everything is available asfreeleech (not just specific torrents). Freeleech does NOT mean you donot have to follow the H&R rules. It simply a way to help youmaintain a better ratio. You can & will be warned if you H&R afreeleech torrent - this includes freeleech slots also.

 

Freeleech Slot:

Some sites offer itsmembers a ‘freeleech slot’ that can be used on any torrent that is notalready listed as freeleech. In short, it grants freeleech to anon-freeleech torrent. This promo is most beneficial when used on largetorrents (i.e. ‘packs’).

 

Grabbed / Snagged / Snatched:

The number of times a torrent has been downloaded - useful for judging the popularity of a release or torrent.

 

Hash:

The hash is a stringof alphanumeric characters in the .torrent file that the client uses toverify the data that is being transferred. It contains information likethe file list, sizes, pieces, etc. Every piece received is firstchecked against the hash. If it fails verification, the data isdiscarded and requested again. The ‘Hash Fails’ field in the torrentGeneral tab shows the number of these hash fails.

 

HnR / H&R (or Hit’n'Run):

When someone deletesthe torrent as soon as it completes, without seeding it (regardless ofthe ratio). HnR’s are highly frowned-upon, as they’recounter-productive to sharing and the health of the torrent. It’s agreat way to get banned from a private tracker. Different sites havedifferent rules about H&R - this means that just because you seededa torrent to 2:1 in a half an hour and then killed it, it may still bea H&R because you deleted the seeding torrent too quickly. Both’seeding time’ and amount of ‘uploaded data’ can be used to determinethe tracker’s policy on H&Rs.

 

Invite(s):

An invitation to aprivate tracker. Invites are often given to existing private sitemembers who show outstanding qualities, such as a good ratio. Theseinvites are then free to give out to whomever you wish via emailnotification.

 

Invite System:

Refers to a trackerthat actively hands out invites to its members. Some do not have an‘invite system’ (such as FTWR and FTN) and thus remain a ‘closedcommunity’. Others will periodically disable the invite system untilmembership is brought down to an acceptible level by tracker standards.

 

IRC Idle (points):

Many trackers giveout free upload credit to members who are sitting in their IRC channel.Usually this is awarded as an hourly figure - eg. 1 MB per 1/2 hour IRCidle.

 

IRC (Pre) Channel:

This is the placewhere they ‘announce’ new additions to the site. Great place to hangout if you’re looking for the latest torrents. Some sites even offer an‘IRC Autodownload’ script that connects to a BitTorrent client - latestreleases are automatically added as they’re announced. You can use iteither by using an IRC-client (mIRC, xChat) or by the tracker’sJava-based Live Chat (in the browser).

 

Karma:

Or ‘Karma Points’ - this is a unique modification to a points/credit system for members of a private site. See ‘Point System’.

 

Leech / Leecher:

A leecher is someonewho hasn’t finished downloading the torrent, and still remains in theswarm. It can also be a negative connotation for someone who doesn’tshare a torrent to a minimum 1:1 share ratio.

 

Nuked:

A ‘nuked’ release isone that has been deleted or rejected from (in this case) the tracker.A variety of reasons will stipulate for a "nuke", such as a releasewith malware, or movies with unsynced audio, bad aspect ratio, poorquality etc. It can also refer to a torrent that has been ’stolen fromp2p’ and upped as a scene release. See the RLSLOG Nuke Dictionary for more specific nuke reasons.

 

Packs:

A ‘pack’ is a largerelease that is usually specific to just that site. It is generallyknown as a special collection of releases that is grouped together inthe same torrent. Eg.: A "Stephen King" pack may consist of some (orall) of his movies. Some trackers are notoriously known for them, andmay even offer them as freeleech.

 

Passkey:

In order to preventprivate torrents from being uploaded to public sites (in effect turningit into a public tracker), there are a number of security measures inplace. One of them being passkeys. A unique passkey is assigned to eachmember of a private site and is incorporated into each torrent. Itidentifies your account in relation to the torrent, and it’s also usedin gathering your UL and DL traffic statistics. Some sites will allowyou to change your own passkey manually; others require that youexplain the reason for the requested change.

 

Pay To Leech:

This is associatedwith making a ‘donation’ to a site, in order to gain upload credit orother buffering. It’s sorta like cheating (by not having to actuallyupload to maintain a good ratio). The BitTorrent community has mixedemotions to this, although it is generally frowned upon when done inlaziness. While donating itself is never a bad idea, the motives behindit are questionable when done only as a means to leech the torrents. Byand large, pay-to-leech may be good for the tracker, but it doesnothing for the community.

Love it or hate it,pay-to-leech ‘upload credit’ is very beneficial to new accounts. In thebegining, it is normally more difficult to upload, and this solves thatproblem - a small donation will often set the account in the rightdirection. If you’ve finally found yourself inside a really greatprivate tracker that you’ve been dying to get into, but find it’s injeopardy of being deleted because you can’t upload, then considerdonating to save it. After that you can start to build up a good buffer.

 

Peer:

A peer is oneinstance of a BitTorrent client running on a computer on the Internetto which other clients connect and transfer data. Usually a peer doesnot have the complete file, but only parts of it. However, in thecolloquial definition, "peer" can be used to refer to any participantin the swarm (in this case, it’s synonymous with "client").

 

Piece:

This refers to thetorrented files being divided up into equal specific sized pieces (ie512Kb, 1Mb). The pieces are distributed in a random fashion among peersin order to optimize trading efficiency.

 

PM:

Short for ‘Private Message’ - these can be found in your inbox. Most sites support a ‘PM’ system for its members. PM’ed - you were sent a PM. Eg.: If you jump in class, you’ll be PM’ed by a site admin to notify you of your elite status.

 

Point System:

Many private sites incorporate a ‘point system’ or ‘credit system’ for its members. Points can be earnedby: being ‘repped’; being active on the site or for forumcontributions; a good sharing ratio (usually higher than 1:1); fillinga request or uploading a torrent; seeding; hanging out in IRC, etc.Points can be spent in the ’store’ (or similar) for improving youraccount by purchasing: VIP access; invites; upload credit; freeleechslots; even gambled with other users. A point system is almost alwaysimplemented uniquely to each individual site and specificallycustomized. Some will do this as "karma" or karma points. Members canalso lose points for negative feedback.

 

Pre’s:

When a release grouppre’s a release, it will be available for other people and thedistribution will start. Simply put, when something is pre’d, that iswhen the life cycle for it begins.

 

Pre
Synonyms: pre'd, pred


When a releasegroup pre's a release, it will be available forother people and the distribution will start. Also the releasename willbe registered in the pre database.

 

A releasegroup pre's their releases at a limited amount of sites,where the group is affiliated. Before the pre, the release will beuploaded & spread to a hidden group directory on all the group'saffil sites. This group directory is a special directory which is onlyaccessible to the members of the releasegroup. When the release isspread to all sites, it will be pred. The release will then be moved tothe public zone, so all other users on the site gain access to it andspread it to other sites.

 

The guy from the releasegroup who pre's the release, will use aspecial command line (pre-command), in order to perform the pre.Usually, this command is: site pre *releasename* *section*. Forexample: site pre Stargate.Atlantis.S03E14.DVDRip.XviD-GoTV USTV. Thepre guy will usually use a pre-tool to pre the release simultaneouslyat all the sites.

 

Usually, the sitebot will announce the pre in the irc channel. The announcement will look something like this:
[Pre in USTV] GoTV just launced Stargate.Atlantis.S03E14.DVDRip.XviD-GoTV (361MB in 30F)

 

As soon as a release is pred, racers will spread to the release toother sites in order to gain credits there. As a racer, the advantageof having a group on pre is that you immediately can start racing, andyou don't have to wait for files to get transfered.

 

Pre-time:

Often there’s a message that accompanies a new torrent and it looks similar to this - "Uploaded 4 mins, 54 secs after pre".Since proper ’scene releases’ are not directly pre’d on BitTorrentsites (normally it’s done on IRC), there’s always a waiting periodbefore it arrives even on the most elite private trackers. This"pre-time" means it took almost 5 minutes for the tracker to offer therelease as a torrent. The shorter the time, the better. And 5 minutesis a damn-good pre-time! It goes without saying that pre-times varygreatly between private trackers - some are closer to the pre’s’source’ than others, and are thus notoriously known for greatpre-times.

 

Promos:

In private trackerjargon, a ‘promo’ is a special offering within the site. Promos mayconsist of freeleech, 2X upload, or other perks - usually for a limitedtime. A promo is also known as a promotion in ‘user class’.

 

Promotion:

A jump up in ‘userclass’, usually by way of a good sharing ratio and/or time on the site.A promotion in class may or may not include extra site features, suchas the ability to view the Top Ten list or NFO files; automaticinvites; or user points.

 

Proof:

Found on tracker invites& swapping forums, particularly during giveaways. Proofs usuallyconsist of a speedtest and current ratio on a private tracker. Both ofthese will prove that you’ll be able to handle the account maturely andprofessionally.

 

Pruned / Pruning:

In private sitejargon, a pruned account is one that has been deleted, usually due toinactivity on the tracker. Normally, accounts are regularly ‘pruned’(usually somewhere between 4 - 8 weeks of inactivity) to make room fornew memberships to people who will actually use the accounts.

 

PU:

Short for ‘Power User’. Typically it’s a ‘class’ that is one rung higher than the default ‘User Class’.

 

Ratio:

The most importantstatistic to any private account. It’s the measure of uploaded data vs.downloaded. Eg.: An account with 400 GB downloaded and 500 GB uploadedis a 1.25 ratio.

 

Rep:

Reps are known as‘reputation points’ - a system for giving praise to other members,commonly found on forums. If someone has helped you out by answeringyour question adequately or by giving you an ‘invite’, be sure to rephim/her. Reps are common on tracker invite BBs & forums.

 

Reseed:

If someone seeds atorrent again after they had already finished and closed it earlier.This is done when a torrent has leechers, but no seeder. It’s a greatway to help out the community. It reactivates the torrent so others cannow finish their download and then seed. If you want to reseed a file,just start the torrent again and download the file to the samedirectory on your PC where you have your complete copy. Bittorrent willthen check your existing data, find that you already have the completefile and then you’ll just upload (seed).

 

RSS Downloading:

Most sites support RSS feed downloading, and there’s usually a post about this in the tutorials/help forums.

 

Slot Restrictions:

Similar to ‘WaitTime’ restrictions - this is a limit imposed on new accounts (ordelinquent ones) whereby the member is only allowed to have "X" numberof active torrents simultaneously.

 

Scene Releases (only):

Or, Scene Material (only). These trackers only deal in proper ’scene releases’ - most are also considered 0Day trackers.

 

Scrape:

This is when a clientsends a request to the tracking server for information about thestatistics of the torrent, such as with whom to share the file and howwell those other users are sharing.

 

Seed / Seeder:

Typically it’s thenumber of how many people have completed a torrent, and are now sharingit. There are two types of users in a torrent - seeds and leechers.Together, they make up the ‘peers’ in a torrent.

 

Seed/Leech Ratio:

The number of seedsto leechers, usually shown as a percentage in the statistics sectionfor a tracker. If there’s 20 seeders to every 1 leecher, the ratiowould be 2000%. In most cases, a higher percent makes for fasterdownloads, although it also makes it more difficult to upload.

 

Seedbox:

A seedbox isBitTorrent jargon for a dedicated high-speed server used explicitly fortorrent transfers; more specifically - for uploading (seeding) at highrates.

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Seeder Bonus:

Some trackers use aSeeder Bonus system to offer credits/points for members who simply havethe torrent seeding in the BitTorrent client (regardless of if it’suploading data or not). It’s a great way to increase upload ratio.Typically, seeder bonus awards are ‘0.5 credits per hour of seeding’ -although this varies from site to site.

 

Signup(s):

The process ofregistering with a private tracker. A tracker that is ‘open forsignups’ is open to new members. When signups are closed, the trackermay only be accepting new membership through invite only, or not at all.

 

Share Ratio:

A user’s share ratiofor any individual torrent is a number determined by dividing theamount of data that user has uploaded by the amount of data they havedownloaded. Final share ratios over 1 (1.0) carry a positiveconnotation in the BitTorrent community because they indicate that theuser has sent more data to other users than they received. Likewise,share ratios under 1 have a negative connotation.

 

Snubbed:

An uploading client is flagged as snubbed if the downloading client has not received any data from it in over 60 seconds.

 

Superpacks:

A very large ‘pack’.These may include the entire collection of releases for a releasegroup. Eg.: A ‘Diamond’ superpack may consist of everything that theDiamond RG has ever come out with - all in one torrent. See ‘packs’.

 

Super-seeding:

When a file is new,much time can be wasted because the seeding client might send the samefile piece to many different peers, while other pieces have not yetbeen downloaded at all. Some clients, like ABC, Azureus, BitTornado,TorrentStorm, and µTorrent have a "superseed" mode, where they try toonly send out pieces that have never been sent out before,theoretically making the initial propagation of the file much faster.However the super-seeding becomes substantially less effective and mayeven reduce performance compared to the normal "rarest first" model incases where some peers have poor or limited connectivity. This mode isgenerally used only for a new torrent, or one which must be re-seededbecause no other seeds are available.

 

Swarm:

Together, all peers(including seeders) sharing a torrent are called a swarm. For example,six ordinary peers and two seeders make a swarm of eight.

 

TorrentFlux:

A very popular andpowerful BitTorrent client that runs on a web server - most commonusage is through a seedbox. Many seedbox services include theTorrentFlux "GUI" with the account - torrents can easily be managedremotely through the web-based interface.

 

Tracker:

A tracker is a serverthat keeps track of which seeds and peers are in the swarm. Clientsreport information to the tracker periodically and in exchange receiveinformation about other clients to which they can connect. The trackeris not directly involved in the data transfer and does not have a copyof the file.

 

Tracker Level:

Private BitTorrentsites are categorized using a number of criteria. The higher the level,the more difficult it is to gain access to. Criteria may include:Number of invites given out; rarity; number of site members, etc. A"level 1 tracker" would be considered ‘low-level’ and easy to get into;a "level 10" near impossible.

 

UL:

Short for ‘upload’. As is ‘UL Credit’.

 

Upload Credit:

A site ‘promo’whereby users can spend points/credits for certain perks - in this case‘upload GBs’. Upload credit can often be purchased by way of donation,and is sometimes frowned upon (but never discouraged by a private site)and considered ‘pay to leech’.

 

User CP:

Or ‘User Control Panel’ - this is where the member’s options can be changed (user profile).

 

User Class:

A method ofclassification for private tracker members. Most sites employ a ‘classsystem’ to categorize the value of members to the site/tracker, basedon contribution. Generally, users who have better sharing ratios aregenerally rewarded with a jump in class. Class systems are unique toeach site, as are the governing rules for class promotions. Some aremore lenient than others - some are more strict.

 

Wait Times :

Many trackers employa ‘wait time’ restriction for new members - this ensures there arefewer H&R’s. TL is one example - new users will have to wait 48hours before a torrent becomes active (and that’s after it has been added to the BT client, not 48 hours after joining the site).

 

0-Day / 0-Sec:

0-Day means someone has access to a release within a day after it was pre’d, but usually the time is much shorter than a day.

 

0-Day Tracker:

A private BitTorrentsite (tracker) that offers mostly 0-day releases. Most private sitesare technically considered 0-day trackers, since most are able to getproper scene releases within the same day. But when a tracker isreferred to as an "0-Day Tracker", the general concensus is thatthey’ve got some close scene connections and actually offer thereleases as it happens. ScT is a good example of this.

 

2X Upload (2Xup):

Or ‘Double Upload’ -this refers to when a site offers double the upload statistics for aparticular torrent. These are useful when trying to increase a ratio.Some sites may even offer brief time periods where everything is 2X ordouble. A similar (but uncommon) example is 4X upload.