Peer-to-Peer computing is defined as a network - of any size, even across the Internet - where individual computers connect and exchange files and information directly without a central server. The most popular P2P application has been the sharing of MP3 files by websites such as Napster. Other services such as Gnutella have grown rapidly as well, with more than 40,000 computers connected through Gnutella at any one time. In addition, a new product - Groove - is one of the first P2P business applications that allows people in organizations to share files without the need for a client/server relationship.
- ISBN10 0782140181
- ISBN13 9780782140187
- Publish Date 30 November 2001
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 30 September 2010
- Publish Country US
- Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Imprint Sybex Inc.,U.S.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 462
- Language English