µTorrent Namesake

Determination · 2005-09-19 23:25:33

is it Micro-Torrent or "ewe"-Torrent?

µ is the symbol for "micro" is it not?

ludde · 2005-09-20 07:41:24

Good question.

It could be one of those:
* you-torrent
* microtorrent (because µ means micro)
* mytorrent (because µ is pronounced like my)

I don't really know how it's pronounced
I usually say "you torrent" because it looks like a u.

/Ludde

Guest · 2005-09-20 14:13:17

It is actually pronounced as ~ni (somehow nasal ni thats why that wave before ni )

Smoovious · 2005-09-20 22:05:16

Ok, maybe I've just been suffering with Windows bloatware for so long, and haven't used programs this small since the '80's, but this just doesn't look right, so I have to ask...

I downloaded the 1.1b88 beta...

I only got 83,456 bytes...

This isn't just a loader? This is the whole program?!

It's just been forever since I've downloaded a program I could fit on a 5-1/4" SS/SD floppy...

This is the whole thing? Did I miss anything here?

ludde · 2005-09-20 22:38:03

It's the whole program

It was designed to be space efficient.

ludde · 2005-09-20 22:38:57

It is actually pronounced as ~ni (somehow nasal ni thats why that wave before ni )

No, it's pronounced like "mu" so I guess it would be muTorrent if you choose that path.

Smoovious · 2005-09-20 22:45:50

It's the whole program
It was designed to be space efficient.

It certainly is that.

Tho it ate up a lot of RAM, according to my resource meter, but I'm hoping that was just a symptom of the crash report I made elsewhere on the forum.

-- Smoovious

Determination · 2005-09-20 23:11:43

alt-181, 4tw.

ludde · 2005-09-20 23:52:41

It's the whole program
It was designed to be space efficient.
It certainly is that.
Tho it ate up a lot of RAM, according to my resource meter, but I'm hoping that was just a symptom of the crash report I made elsewhere on the forum.
-- Smoovious

Did it use a lot of RAM? It only uses around 2MB for me.

Smoovious · 2005-09-21 00:53:14

Did it use a lot of RAM? It only uses around 2MB for me.

We're probably using different environments... next time I try it I'll see if I can find out exactly what is being used with TaskInfo... but yeah, it tied up enough resources to throw my mostly-green resource-meter down to having a single red bar in it...

This happened when I started transferring the torrent's contents...

-- Smoovious

ludde · 2005-09-21 01:58:34

Did it use a lot of RAM? It only uses around 2MB for me.
This happened when I started transferring the torrent's contents...
-- Smoovious

Use the windows task manager to see how much memory that has been allocated for Windows' file cache, it's possible that Windows uses your RAM for file caching, and your tool will report low memory because of that.

Smoovious · 2005-09-21 07:52:00

Use the windows task manager to see how much memory that has been allocated for Windows' file cache, it's possible that Windows uses your RAM for file caching, and your tool will report low memory because of that.

AFAIK, I do not have a task manager... I should be able to find that out with TaskInfo tho...

Will try it again this evening...

-- Smoovious

Guest · 2005-09-22 03:59:18

it should be pronounced as 'mju' as the camera from olympus

Guest · 2005-09-22 13:48:41

BTW it's called µtorrent because is small.

µ is 1x10^-6 or 1/1,000,000 so it's really small.

Guest · 2005-09-22 15:00:31

µ is pronounced as "mu" (muTorrent sounds nicer than microTorrent also =P)

kryogenix · 2005-09-22 15:23:55

Is Mu pronounced "moo" or "mew"? My math teacher pronounces it like the former, my physics teacher, the latter.

Hajo · 2005-09-22 15:27:21

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu_%28letter%29

Guest · 2005-09-22 16:46:13

Olympus uses "mju".

Rack · 2005-09-22 22:40:09

alt-181, 4tw.

alt-0181 seems to work, but I've always been fond of alt-230.

Guest · 2005-09-22 22:50:32

As far as I know, it pronounced "mew", and not "moo" (is it a cow

klas_klattermus · 2005-09-22 23:06:26

Mu sounds like a cow-sound to me , i guess it should be called micro or micron because of the small size and the small amount of RAM it uses.

segosa · 2005-09-22 23:44:12

When I say it in my head I pronounce it as 'you-torrent' but when typing it I write 'microtorrent'.

lament · 2005-09-23 00:42:18

It's just been forever since I've downloaded a program I could fit on a 5-1/4" SS/SD floppy...

it's been forever since I've used a 5-1/4" floppy disc with a PC.

lament · 2005-09-23 00:44:13

When I say it in my head I pronounce it as 'you-torrent' but when typing it I write 'microtorrent'.

yup that's how i pronounce it, too - like the electronic artist µ-siq (pronounced music).

Guest · 2005-09-23 00:59:01

I say "mu-torrent" (mm-yoo). This is a great program! By the way, how does the data caching work for torrent downloads? Or is the disk accessed instantly when bits need to be written? Azureus uses a lot of memory because of its disk caches. Does your program not use disk caches in memory?

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