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Peer-to-peer

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed computing or networking architecture in which participants share part of their own resources, such as processing power, storage, or network capacity. These resources are made directly available to other peers without reliance on intermediary entities, and participants act as both resource…

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Peer-to-peer

Nodes157
Edges156
Triples157
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.012739
Components1

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Peer-to-peer

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has application · 46
Peer-to-peer → According, Anthony Tether, Artisoft's LANtastic, BitTorrent, Bluetooth, Chord, CoopNet, DARPA, Dat, Defense, Delivery Optimization, Department, Hotline Communications Hotline Client, I2P, In May, Internet, IPFS, Jami, Java, JavaScript
related to Intellectual property law and illegal sharing · 17
Peer-to-peer → Although, Companies, Controversies, Fair, Grokster, In, Inc, Ltd, MGM Studios, P2P, RIAA, These, To, Trustworthiness, Two, United States, When
related to Network neutrality · 16
Peer-to-peer → As, BitTorrent, Comcast, Compared, Critics, In October, Internet, ISP, ISPs, P2P, Techniques, The, The ISP's, Their, United States, Web
related to Development · 14
Peer-to-peer → ARPANET, As, Comments, However, Internet, Napster, P2P, Request, RFC, The, This, Tim Berners-Lee's, While P2P, World Wide Web
related to Multimedia · 11
Peer-to-peer → Additionally, Another, LionShare, MIT, Osiris, PDTP, Peercasting, Pennsylvania State University, Simon Fraser University, Some, The P2PTV
related to Cryptocurrencies · 7
Peer-to-peer → According, Cryptocurrency, Instead, Many, National Institute, Standards, Technology
related to File-sharing networks · 6
Peer-to-peer → Correli Caches, Furthermore, G2, Gnutella, Linux, These
related to Routing and resource discovery · 5
Peer-to-peer → Based, Data, Overlays, P2P, TCP/IP
related to Content delivery · 4
Peer-to-peer → BitTorrent, In P2P, P2P, This
related to Security and trust · 3
Peer-to-peer → Like, P2P, What

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network networks p2p file server system internet content sharing data nodes client systems used applications distributed users peers resources clients

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BitTorrent file sharing over the Internetinstance ofP2P is used in many protocols0.80text
in personal networks like Miracast displayinginstance ofP2P is used in many protocols0.80text
Bluetooth radioinstance ofP2P is used in many protocols0.80text
the music-sharing application Napsterinstance ofthe concept was popularized by file sharing systems0.80text
high cost of advertising/discovering resourcesinstance ofMore recent evaluation of P2P resource discovery solutions under real workloads have pointed out several issues in DHT-based solutions0.80text
staticinstance ofMore recent evaluation of P2P resource discovery solutions under real workloads have pointed out several issues in DHT-based solutions0.80text
dynamic load imbalance.Notable distributed networks that use DHTs include Tixatiinstance ofMore recent evaluation of P2P resource discovery solutions under real workloads have pointed out several issues in DHT-based solutions0.80text
an alternative to BitTorrent's distributed trackerinstance ofMore recent evaluation of P2P resource discovery solutions under real workloads have pointed out several issues in DHT-based solutions0.80text
the Kad networkinstance ofMore recent evaluation of P2P resource discovery solutions under real workloads have pointed out several issues in DHT-based solutions0.80text
the Storm botnetinstance ofMore recent evaluation of P2P resource discovery solutions under real workloads have pointed out several issues in DHT-based solutions0.80text
and the YaCyinstance ofMore recent evaluation of P2P resource discovery solutions under real workloads have pointed out several issues in DHT-based solutions0.80text
the recording industryinstance offorces0.80text

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