In follow-up to my post HERE, I got a basic torrenting question via PM that prompted me to provide the following highly suggested reading for those new to torrenting:
-> http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/a/torrenthandbook.htm
-> http://www.utorrent.com/help/guides/beginners-guide
-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_BitTorrent_terms
Hope that helps!
-A.S.