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		kccqzy 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Backing up Spotify All torrent clients must necessarily support partial downloads because of the nature of torrents. The files are split into pieces which are downloaded and then assembled by the torrent client.

flexagoon 28 days ago [–]

"Partial downloads" in the context of torrenting usually refers to downloading specific files from a torrent

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