BitTorrent language

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The nomenclature surrounding the BitTorrent protocol has always been a bit weird; much like the word nomenclature.

From the Transmission client today:

You unchocked the peer but the peer is not interested.

I took the Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry? Sounds a bit like kink shaming to me. Nomenclature.

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