The Pirate Bay Torrent Analysis and Visualization
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چکیده
Using C# as a parser, we process about 3.4 million pieces of data over 680 thousand torrents from thepiratebay.org, and create a graphical representation of the data by infographic. Info-graphic presents the information in an easily readable format, and also can be distributed across many webmediums. Based on the representation/analysis of the data, we are able to determine some interesting characteristics and properties of the torrents hosted there, such as operating system (OS) specific share ratios, average file size, average torrent seeder ratios, and much more. The discovered characteristics can help torrent users to make informative decision about their torrent usage, and seeding/leeching habits. Keywords— Torrents, Pirate Bay, infographic, data analysis, C#, visualization, BitTorrent.
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