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

It was devised to increase the speed{{factCitation needed|date=November 2009}} at which packets of data are transmitted between users of [[peer-to-peer]] file sharing [[torrents]], which allows individuals to share files of any kind 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.