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Discovering P2P |
| Michael Miller |
| Peer to Peer: Groundbreaking, Controversial, and Still Growing Not every "next big thing" has lived up to its promise, but the technologies comprising peer-to-peer computing are definitely here to stay. Inside, Michael Miller walks you through this still-burgeoning field, showing you where it's come from and where it's headed. In between, he looks closely at P2P's current representatives, including Napster, Aimster, and SETI@home, drawing from their successes and controversies to paint a vivid picture of a diverse set of applications that continue to change the way the world thinks about computing. Delve into every aspect of the P2P revolution: * File-sharing * Collaboration * Communication * Distributed computing * Applications development Explore the state of the art in P2P ... * Gnutella * Napster * Aimster * Instant messaging * SETI@home * Microsoft's .NET initiative ... as well as P2P's origins and future directions.
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| Paperback |
462 Pages,
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0782140181
$39.99 |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | |
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