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Published: October 26, 2006
Most people likely are not able to define peer-to-peer networking. Yet people perform peer-to-peer operations whenever they send an instant message or share files. This technology promises to become an increasingly important part of the computer world.
Peer-to-peer refers to a computer network relying primarily on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively low number of servers.
Networks utilize peer-to-peer, or P2P, for such tasks as sharing content files containing audio, video, data or anything in digital format, as well as realtime data. P2P derives its name from the utilization of equal peer nodes in the network as opposed to a main server.
The Internet remains one of the principal embodiments of P2P networking. As Russ King describes in his article, “Peer-to-Peer Explained,” P2P takes computers located across the country and uses the Internet to connect the network together. That being said, one can classify P2P usage into three main categories.
The first, instant messaging encompasses the technology through which one sends files or chats with another online. The second focuses strictly on file sharing, through which one person shares files from local machines without being required to set up and monitor an FTP server.
Distributed computing refers to what computer engineers call the third function of P2P. This technology makes use of computers during spare processing time, that is, when they are not processing information, and utilizes them in order to execute the program needing to be run. The main advantage of distributed computing rests in the utilization of several computers rather than one complex supercomputer to synthesize data. King clarifies how distributed computing programs do not seek to steal one's computer, but rather utilize a computer's spare resources.
P2P networks strive to ensure all members of the network share in the act of providing resources, including bandwidth, storage space and computer power. Why? So when more users place demand on the system, the total capacity of the system also increases. In this sense, components of a P2P system co-function and coexist to promote an efficient data exchange system.
P2P networking offers a viable option to client-server networks, one in which network peers can retrieve information without having to deal with a main server. Peers sharing data lessens the severity of a system failure since this data has been copied and sent to more than one location.
The future will reveal what direction P2P networking takes as software companies continue to improve the technology.
Sources:
King, Russ. Peer to Peer Explained. WebJunction. 2003. TechSoup. 21 Oct 2006 .
Peer-to-peer. Wikipedia. 2006. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 21 Oct 2006 .
Peer-to-peer refers to a computer network relying primarily on the computing power and bandwidth of the participants in the network rather than concentrating it in a relatively low number of servers.
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The Internet remains one of the principal embodiments of P2P networking. As Russ King describes in his article, “Peer-to-Peer Explained,” P2P takes computers located across the country and uses the Internet to connect the network together. That being said, one can classify P2P usage into three main categories.
The first, instant messaging encompasses the technology through which one sends files or chats with another online. The second focuses strictly on file sharing, through which one person shares files from local machines without being required to set up and monitor an FTP server.
Distributed computing refers to what computer engineers call the third function of P2P. This technology makes use of computers during spare processing time, that is, when they are not processing information, and utilizes them in order to execute the program needing to be run. The main advantage of distributed computing rests in the utilization of several computers rather than one complex supercomputer to synthesize data. King clarifies how distributed computing programs do not seek to steal one's computer, but rather utilize a computer's spare resources.
P2P networks strive to ensure all members of the network share in the act of providing resources, including bandwidth, storage space and computer power. Why? So when more users place demand on the system, the total capacity of the system also increases. In this sense, components of a P2P system co-function and coexist to promote an efficient data exchange system.
P2P networking offers a viable option to client-server networks, one in which network peers can retrieve information without having to deal with a main server. Peers sharing data lessens the severity of a system failure since this data has been copied and sent to more than one location.
The future will reveal what direction P2P networking takes as software companies continue to improve the technology.
Sources:
King, Russ. Peer to Peer Explained. WebJunction. 2003. TechSoup. 21 Oct 2006 .
Peer-to-peer. Wikipedia. 2006. Wikipedia Foundation, Inc. 21 Oct 2006 .
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