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Content-addressable network

The content-addressable network (CAN) is a distributed, decentralized P2P infrastructure that provides hash table functionality on an Internet-like scale. CAN was one of the original four distributed hash table proposals, introduced concurrently with Chord, Pastry, and Tapestry.

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P2PHash tableInternetDistributed hash tableChord
17 related topics

Developers

Sylvia RatnasamyMark HandleyRichard KarpScott Shenker
4 related topics

Routing

Routing tableIP address
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Node joining

Bootstrapping nodes
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Content-addressable network

Nodes29
Edges28
Triples0
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.068966
Components1

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node zone routing neighboring network coordinate space joining tables nodes table departing overlay ip merge one node's join may zones

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