Torrent Explained

Torrent or torrents may refer to:

• A fast flowing stream

Animals

• Torrent duck, a species of the family Anatidae
• Torrent fish
• Torrent frog, various unrelated frogs
• Torrent robin, a bird species
• Torrent salamander, a family of salamanders

Arts and entertainment

• Torrent (1926 film), starring Greta Garbo
• The Torrent (1921 film), an American silent adventure film
• The Torrent (1924 film), a film directed by William Doner and A. P. Younger
• The Torrent (2012 film), a 2012 Canadian film directed by Simon Lavoie
• The Torrents, a 1955 Australian play
• Torrent (play) (Chinese: 狂流, Kuángliú), a Chinese play about the life of Tian Han
• Torrent (TV series), a technology show
• Torrent (Elden Ring), a fictional horse in the 2022 video game Elden Ring

Computing

• BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) communications protocol
• Torrent file, stores metadata used for BitTorrent
• μTorrent, a BitTorrent client

Corporations

• Torrent Group, an Indian business house, and its subsidiary companies:
  • Torrent Cables
  • Torrent Pharmaceuticals
  • Torrent Power

People

• Ana Torrent (born 1966), Spanish actress
• Domènec Torrent (born 1962), Spanish professional football manager
• Fernando Torrent (born 1991), Argentine professional footballer
• Marion Torrent (born 1992), French footballer
• Ramon Torrents (born 1937), Spanish comic book artist
• Stanislas Torrents (1839–1916), French painter

Places

• Torrent, Valencia, a city in Spain
• Torrent, Girona, a Spanish village
• Torrent Bay, New Zealand
• Torrent Falls, an outdoor area in Kentucky, United States
• Torrent River, which feeds into the bay
• River Torrent, Northern Ireland
• Torrenthorn, a mountain of the Bernese Alps, Valais, Switzerland
  • Torrent, Switzerland, a ski area on Torrenthorn, near Leukerbad

Vehicles

• Pontiac Torrent, a crossover SUV automobile by GM's Pontiac from 2005 to 2009
• Torrent (ship), an American sailing ship wrecked in 1868

Other uses

• FC Milwaukee Torrent, a semi-professional soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Les Torrents, the sports teams of the Université du Québec en Outaouais, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

See also

• Torment (disambiguation)
• Torrente (disambiguation)
• Torrentz, a meta-search engine for BitTorrent