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What is file sharing?
File sharing has become a part of new media and internet technology. It allows a file to be transferred from one computer to another over a shared network or the internet. For example, if I have a home network connection established that my laptop, phone and tablet are all connected to, I would be able to send a file saved on my laptop for example to my tablet without having to upload it. Another example can be utilizing the cloud or a server like Dropbox, this internet based space allows for a file to be shared and accessed by more than one user. This has become a useful tool in today’s age of sharing photos, videos and other content that would be used by multiple users. File sharing can have a variety of setups with various types of access or privilege to different users.
File sharing has become a part of new media and internet technology. It allows a file to be transferred from one computer to another over a shared network or the internet. For example, if I have a home network connection established that my laptop, phone and tablet are all connected to, I would be able to send a file saved on my laptop for example to my tablet without having to upload it. Another example can be utilizing the cloud or a server like Dropbox, this internet based space allows for a file to be shared and accessed by more than one user. This has become a useful tool in today’s age of sharing photos, videos and other content that would be used by multiple users. File sharing can have a variety of setups with various types of access or privilege to different users.
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What is p2p file sharing?
P2P sharing, or Peer to Peer sharing, if a form of sharing mostly digital media onto a software among various amounts of users. The earliest forms of P2P sharing can be referenced as Limewire, Napster or Kazaa, which were used frequently in the early days of the internet for people to share and download music and videos. Essentially a user will upload a form of digital media into the network, making it available to other users on the same platform to download and use as their own. These platforms however did not work well for uploading as well as they did downloading, as cited in the Wire.com article, “The problem with P2P file-sharing networks like Kazaa, he reasoned, is that uploading and downloading do not happen at equal speeds. Broadband providers allow their users to download at superfast rates, but let them upload only very slowly, creating a bottleneck.” Seeing this problem, the creator of BitTorrent realized, “that chopping up a file and handing out the pieces to several uploaders would really speed things up. He sketched out a protocol:… a user's computer sniffs around for others online who have pieces of the movie. Then it downloads a chunk from several of them simultaneously. Many hands make light work, so the file arrives dozens of times faster than normal.”
P2P sharing, or Peer to Peer sharing, if a form of sharing mostly digital media onto a software among various amounts of users. The earliest forms of P2P sharing can be referenced as Limewire, Napster or Kazaa, which were used frequently in the early days of the internet for people to share and download music and videos. Essentially a user will upload a form of digital media into the network, making it available to other users on the same platform to download and use as their own. These platforms however did not work well for uploading as well as they did downloading, as cited in the Wire.com article, “The problem with P2P file-sharing networks like Kazaa, he reasoned, is that uploading and downloading do not happen at equal speeds. Broadband providers allow their users to download at superfast rates, but let them upload only very slowly, creating a bottleneck.” Seeing this problem, the creator of BitTorrent realized, “that chopping up a file and handing out the pieces to several uploaders would really speed things up. He sketched out a protocol:… a user's computer sniffs around for others online who have pieces of the movie. Then it downloads a chunk from several of them simultaneously. Many hands make light work, so the file arrives dozens of times faster than normal.”
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What are some examples of P2P file sharing?
Some of the most popular P2P programs
include: uTorrent, BitTorrent, Soulseek, Shareaza, eMule, Ares Galaxy, WireShare,
Vuze, Frostwire. There are several P2P programs available within a quick
internet search
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