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Peer-to-Peer Networking

ALSO CALLED: Peer-to-Peer Networks, Peer-to-Peer Communication, Peer-to-Peer File Sharing, and P2P
DEFINITION: Gnutella is a system in which individuals can exchange files over the Internet directly without going through a Web site in an arrangement sometimes described as peer-to-peer (here meaning "person-to-person"). Like Napster and similar Web sites, Gnutella is often used as a  … 
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PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKING DEFINITION (continued): …  way to download music files from or share them with other Internet users and has been an object of great concern for the music publishing industry. Unlike Napster, Gnutella is not a Web site, but an arrangement in which you can see the files of a small number of other Gnutella users at a time, and they in turn can see the files of others, in a kind of daisy-chain effect. Gnutella also allows you to download any file type, whereas Napster is limited to MP3 music files.

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