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- BitTorrent



[BitTorrent 词源字典] - peer-to-peer file sharing protocol, implemented in 2001, from bit (n.2) in the computing sense + torrent.[BitTorrent etymology, BitTorrent origin, 英语词源]
- implement (v.)




- 1806, originally chiefly in Scottish, where the noun was a legal term meaning "fulfillment," from implement (n.). It led to the wretched formation implementation, first recorded 1913. Related: Implemented.
- NAFTA




- acronym for North American Free Trade Agreement, negotiated from 1991, signed Dec. 17, 1992, implemented 1994.