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'''Micro Transport Protocol''' or '''µTP''' is a [[Protocol (computing)|protocol]] used by the [[µTorrent]] implementation of the [[BitTorrent (protocol)|bittorrent protocol]] to communicate across the internet.

It was devised to increaseautomatically theslow speed{{Citation needed|datedown<ref>http://forum.bittorrent.org/viewtopic.php?pid=November762#p762</ref> the 2009}}rate at which packets of data are transmitted between users of [[peer-to-peer]] file sharing [[torrents]] when the file-sharing traffic interferes with other applications. For example, whichit allowsshould individualsin toprinciple shareautomatically filesallow the sharing of anyan kindADSL withline groupsbetween ofa otherBitTorrent usersapplication and a web browser.

As it is difficult for some people to type the [[Greek alphabet|Greek]] letter ''mu'', µTP is often written uTP.