Peer-to-peer embraces the networking capabilities of the Internet. "P2P" (as dubbed by advocates) enables the sharing and direct publication of resources and also allows the unused processing ...

Whenever you connect two computers together, either with cables or wirelessly, you have created a computer network. When the computers on the network can work independently of each other, it is ...

Peer-to-peer applications are best explained by contrasting with client/server. In client/server applications, like Lotus Notes, clients communicate with each other, but must first connect with the ...

(1) A communications network that uses dedicated servers. In this context, the term is used to contrast it with a peer-to-peer network, which allows any client to also be a server. (2) A network that ...

When people working on a project get together with their laptops and PDAs, they share information via the internet and a client server. But new software developed by European researchers allows ...

(1) A network of computers configured to allow certain files and folders to be shared with everyone or with selected users. Peer-to-peer networks are quite common in small offices that do not use a ...

Today’s Internet is witnessing a revolution. A revolution that strives to change one of its basic features. A revolution where network endpoints — or clients, such as desktop PCs, mobile phones, PDAs, ...

Windows XP's Peer-to-Peer Networking Wizard allows you to set up a firewall-protected network. This month, we go through the process step by step. The micro-business space—defined often as home ...

Sometimes it’s more important to pay attention to the people who attend an event that what is said at the event itself. That was true during the recent launch of Groove Networks, led by the original ...

Windows XP's Peer-to-Peer Networking Wizard allows you to set up a firewall-protected network. This month, we go through the process step by step. The micro-business space—defined often as home ...