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What is Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

Chapter 159
Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations
File distribution based on peer-to-peer architectures. P2P file sharing systems have become the single most popular class of end-user Internet application in this decade and have attracted a lot of attention to peer-to-peer architectures. Some P2P file sharing software offers a larger user base and greater numbers of files to choose from. Some software better handles network resources. Also, some P2P file sharing programs are increasing in popularity while others are declining.
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Performance Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Traffic
Federico Montesino Pouzols (University of Seville, Spain), Angel Barriga Barros (University of Seville, Spain), Diego R. Lopez (RedIRIS, Spain), and Santiago Sánchez-Solano (CSIC - Scientific Research Council, Spain)
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 6
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-885-7.ch159
Abstract
Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have recently emerged as an attractive solution to enable large-scale content distribution without requiring major infrastructure investments. Recent developments have led to a significant maturity increase of peer-to-peer technologies, which are currently available as tools for performing core tasks in virtual and networked organizations.
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