Torrent
Torrent or torrents may refer to:
- A fast flowing stream
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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 (1924 film), film directed by William Doner and A. P. Younger
- The Torrent (Le Torrent), 2012 Canadian film directed by Simon Lavoie
- The Torrents, a 1955 Australian play
- Torrent (play) (狂流, Kuángliú), a Chinese play about the life of Tian Han
- Torrent (TV series), a technology show
Computing
- BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) communications protocol
- Torrent file, stores metadata used for BitTorrent
Corporations
- Torrent Group, an Indian business house, and its subsidiary companies:
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
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