Questions about download in the Client

Hi I’m a newbie to Bitcomet and I have a question relating to what some of the panels mean. Firstly:

1) What is a seeder?

2) What is a leecher?

3) Next to the % bar, what does it mean by KB/s down, and how does it affect download speed?

4) Next to the % bar, what does it mean by KB/s up, and how does it affect download speed?

5) How does the U/D Ratio bar work? :S

6) What is meant by the health bar?

7) What does the ‘Seed/Peer[all]’ actually mean?

8) Can download speed be increased if I forward BitComet’s ports?

Please forgive me for asking these questions, but I am just very confused about downloading things; I would appreciate it very much if I had answers.

Thankyou. Regards, SLNevitt. :huh: :unsure:

have a gander here

http://www.p2pforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=134858#134858