How do torrent downloads work?

For those who already know, this for the lamers and total newbies who have no experience either over the internet or downloading.

A download client is used to open the torrent file of the respective download having enough number of seeders (uploaders) for it to start downloading the files specified.

(those who only leech (only download ) are not welcome to torrents, though there are many who do that their speeds are choked)

A torrent client is an application which allows you to download files using a torrent.

Torrent sharing is about "swarming and tracking", where users download many small bits from many different sources at once. Because this format compensates for bottleneck points, it is actually faster than downloading a large file from a single source.

“Swarming” is about splitting large files into hundreds of smaller “bits”, and then sharing those bits across a “swarm” of dozens of linked users.

“Tracking” is when specific servers help swarm users find each other.

Swarm members use special Torrent client software to upload, download, and reconstruct the many file bits into complete usable files.

Special .torrent text files act as pointers during this whole process, helping users find other users to swarm with, and enforcing quality control on all shared files.