Technical Glossary & Reference
Understand the technology behind the world's fastest download manager and access advanced configuration details.
Topic Cluster
Dynamic Segmentation
A file transfer technique where files are split into smaller parts and downloaded simultaneously to maximize bandwidth usage.
Multipart Download
The process of connecting to a server multiple times to fetch different byte-ranges of a single file in parallel.
Proxy Server
An intermediary server that IDM can tunnel through to access blocked content or improve connection stability.
Scheduler
An automation tool within IDM that starts and stops download queues at specific times to optimize bandwidth usage during off-peak hours.
Site Grabber
A feature that allows users to download entire websites or specific file types (like images) from a URL recursively.
Browser Integration Module
The extension that bridges the gap between web browsers (Chrome, Edge) and the IDM core application.
Advanced Configuration (Registry)
Power users can modify IDM behavior using the Windows Registry. Below are common keys for connection limits.
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DownloadManager]
"ConnectionSpeed"=dword:000003e8
"MaxConnectionsNumber"=dword:00000020
"ShowQueuePanel"=dword:00000001