Peer-to-peer file sharing
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Peer-to-peer file sharing became popular in 1999 with the introduction of Napster, a file sharing application and a set of central servers that linked people who had files with those who requested files. The central index server indexed the users and their shared content. When someone searched for a file, the server searched all available copies of that file and present them to the user.
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See also
- Anonymous P2P
- Comparison of file sharing applications
- Darknet
- Disk sharing
- File sharing in Canada
- File sharing timeline (peer to peer and not)
- Friend-to-friend or F2F
- Open Music Model
- Privacy in file sharing networks
- Private P2P
- Trade group efforts against file sharing
- Warez
- Torrent poisoning
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