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What is Flash Crowd in File Distribution Systems

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Typically there is a sudden surge in the number of peers when a popular file is made available.
Published in Chapter:
Performance of Peer-Assisted File Distribution
Cristina Carbunaru (National University of Singapore, Singapore) and Yong Meng Teo (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch457
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