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'''micro Transport Protocol''' or '''µTP''' is a [[Protocol (computing)|protocol]] used by [[bittorrent]] computer applications to communicate across the internet.

It was devised to increase the speed at which packets of data are transmitted between users of [[peer-to-peer]] file sharing [[torrents]], which allows individuals to share files suchof asany music, video and softwarekind with groups of other users.

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