P2P File Sharing

Create a new post on your blog with the above title. In your post, cite at least one of the assigned readings and answer the following questions:

1. What is file sharing? file sharing is the transfer of files o cone computer to another over the internet or over a network
2. What is P2P File sharing? P2P file sharing allows users to access media files such as books, music, movies, and games using a P2P software program that searches for other connected computers on a P2P network to locate the desired content
3. What are some examples of P2P file sharing? Video, music, audio and documents can all be classified as p2p sharing

You must cite at least one of the assigned readings.

https://www.wired.com/2005/01/bittorrent-2/


According to the article, Bram Cohen's approach is faster and more efficient than traditional P2P networking. A single source file within a group of BitTorrent users, called a swarm spreads around pieces of film or videogame or tv show so that everyone has a chunk to share. After the initial downloading, those pieces are the uploaded to other needy users in the swarm. the rules require every downloader to also do some uploading. Thus the more peoeple trying to download, the faster everything is uploaded. Soon enough, the swarm has shared all the pieces and everyone has their own complete source.