In its simplest form, a peer-to-peer (P2P) network is created when two or more PCs are connected and share resources without going through a separate server computer.

A P2P network also differs from the client/server model in that the P2P network can be considered alive even if only one peer is active. The P2P network is unavailable only when no peers are active.

P2P is an abbreviation of “Peer-to-Peer”. It is a communication technology or software that allows an unspecified number of terminals (smartphones, etc.) to directly share data files with each ...

In the future, servers in a P2P network might be decoupled and still provide access. Someone might host a centralized copy, but content like Wikipedia could be re-hosted by others. Going forward Benet ...

Peer-to-peer file sharing has emerged as the single biggest security problem for companies in 2001 and most security departments are ignorant to the threat.