BitTorrent Syllabification: (Bit·Tor·rent)Pronunciation: /ˈbitˌtôrənt/Definition of BitTorrent noun Computing, trademark a peer-to-peer file transfer protocol for sharing large amounts of data over the Internet, in which each part of a file downloaded by a user is transferred to other users. Origin: early 21st century: blend of bit4 and torrentBitTorrent in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of BitTorrent in the British & World English dictionary