What is the "simple English" transaction for a client downloading a torrent?

When I was told about how computers establish a connection (using TCP), I leaed about the "three way handshake", in a way that I understood exactly what the packets were saying:

Computer A: Sends "SYN" -- asking if "anyone's there"
Computer B: Sends back "SYN ACK" -- confirming there is
Computer A: Sends back "ACK" -- making sure B knows their message made it back to A.

It made it really easy for me to understand, and explain to others later.

I'd like to know if there's a similar way of explaining the (more complicated) process of downloading a torrent? Probably with some information on the "data" that is transferred each time (like what exactly the tracker is giving back):

1. Connecting to a tracker ("3-way handshake" with 'http://tracker.netbsd.org:6969/announce)
2. What the tracker says/gives back ("Here's a table of peer information")
3. How the client then joins the swarm

and etc.

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