What's the difference between a torrent file and a Magnet link?

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00:00 Question
00:23 Accepted answer (Score 60)
01:57 Answer 2 (Score 8)
05:12 Answer 3 (Score 7)
07:31 Thank you

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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/199970/w...

Question links:
[Magnet]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_...
[μTorrent]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9CTorre...

Answer 1 links:
[Wikipedia]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_...
[Source]: http://www.ghacks.net/2010/06/05/what-is.../

Answer 2 links:
[Wikipedia]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_...

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#bittorrent #utorrent #magnetlinks

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