P2P

File sharing is the practice of sharing or offering access to digital information or resources, including documents, multimedia (audio/video), graphics, computer programs, images and e-books. It is the private or public distribution of data or resources in a network with different levels of sharing privileges.

P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the desired content. The nodes “peers” of such networks are end-user computers and distribution servers.

Some of the examples of peer to peer sharing files are:

Bit Torrent is one of the most popular peer-to-peer file sharing protocols used on the Internet and it accounts for a significant amount of traffic on the Internet. The article below states:” Bram Cohen is the creator of BitTorrent, one of the most successful peer-to-peer programs ever. BitTorrent lets users quickly upload and download enormous amounts of data, files that are hundreds or thousands of times bigger than a single MP3”.

 Distribute is the world’s first peer-to-peer desktop deployment product especially developed for business use. Using the P2P protocol, Distribute maximizes the speed of the network and eliminates the need and expense of decentralized distribution servers. 

Pando is a personal P2P program, much like Bit Torrent but geared toward those looking for a simple and secure means of file transfer. Users may email, IM, or post to their website a. Pando file. 

Freecast is a peer-to-peer streaming audio broadcasting program. Typically, residential Internet connections have a much lower upload capacity than download capacity.

Works Cited

http://www.wired.com/2005/01/bittorrent-2/