File sharing networks File sharing networks Applejuice is a centralized peer-to-peer file sharing network similar to the original eDonkey network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Applejuice"
Audiogalaxy was a file sharing system located at http://www.audiogalaxy.com/ that indexed MP3 files. Founded by Michael Merhej and sporting a web-based search engine, always-on searching for requested files, auto-resume and low system impact, it quickly gained ground among file sharers abandoning Napster in 2001. Some observing the previous downfall of Napster via lawsuit were shocked at the design of Audiogalaxy, which was in some ways more centralized than Napster. ...more on Wikipedia about "Audiogalaxy"
Avalanche is the name of a proposed peer-to-peer (P2P) network created by Microsoft, which claims to offer improved scalability and bandwidth efficiency compared to existing P2P systems. ...more on Wikipedia about "Avalanche (P2P)"
Bitmunk describes itself as a legal, "copyright-aware" peer-to-peer distribution system for art and other material. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bitmunk"
BitTorrent is the name of a client application for the torrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol created by programmer Bram Cohen. BitTorrent is designed to widely distribute large amounts of data without incurring the corresponding consumption in server and bandwidth resources (and typically, monetary fees attracted as a result of that). ...more on Wikipedia about "BitTorrent"
A Darknet is a private virtual network where users only connect to people they trust. Typically such networks are small, often with fewer than 10 users each. In its most general meaning, a Darknet can be any type closed, private group of people communicating, but the name is most often used specifically for file sharing networks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darknet"
Direct connect is a peer-to-peer file sharing application written by Jon Hess at NeoModus. After it was created, many other clients implementing the Direct connect protocol have been made. Direct connect clients connect to a central hub. ...more on Wikipedia about "Direct Connect (file sharing)"
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Earth Station 5 (ES5) is a Peer-to-peer network and file sharing program that has put special emphasis on providing anonymity to uploaders and downloaders. This P2P application supports UDP multi source downloading and "spoofing" to obscure the origin of the files traded, and proxies. There is also an option to run Earth Station as a private network, and an option to organize the shared files using a built-in webserver. Earth Station 5 also connects to the FastTrack and Gnutella2 filesharing networks, though connecting to them eliminates any anonymity provided by its primary network. ...more on Wikipedia about "EarthStation 5"
eDonkey network (also called eDonkey2000 network or ed2k) is a file sharing network used primarily to exchange music, films and software. Like most file sharing networks, it is decentralized; files are not stored on a central server but are exchanged directly between users based on the peer to peer principle. ...more on Wikipedia about "EDonkey network"
FastTrack is a peer-to-peer protocol, used by the Kazaa (and variants, Grokster and iMesh) file sharing programs. Morpheus used to use it but has since been kicked off the FastTrack system. ...more on Wikipedia about "FastTrack"
A friend-to-friend (or F2F P2P) computer network is a particular type of anonymous P2P in which people use direct connections with their "friends". F2F software only allows people you trust (using IP addresses or digital signatures you trust) to exchange files directly with your computer. Then your friends' own friends (and so on) can indirectly exchange files with your computer, never using your IP address. ...more on Wikipedia about "Friend-to-friend"
Gnutella (pronounced or ) is a file sharing network used primarily to exchange music, films and software. It is a true peer-to-peer network; it operates without a central server. Files are exchanged directly between users. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gnutella"
The Gnutella2 peer-to-peer protocol is a reworking of the Gnutella protocol, written mainly by Michael Stokes. It drops all of the old Gnutella protocol except for the connection handshake and adopts an entirely new system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Gnutella2"
GotNap is a fully automated database for maintaining an OpenNAP / SlavaNap network. Similar to previous OpenNAP/SlavaNap databases like Napigator, GotNap allows server owners to be in full control over their server and their network and allow users to find and connect to fresh and new servers. Server lists can also be exported in many formats, to deal with one's client. ...more on Wikipedia about "GotNap"
The Kad Network is a completely decentralized file sharing network. It implements the Kademlia P2P overlay protocol. Currently, this network is supported by eMule, MLdonkey and aMule. The majority of users on the Kad Network are also connected to servers on the eDonkey network, and Kad Network clients typically query known nodes on the eDonkey network in order to find an initial node on the Kad network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kad Network"
Kazaa Media Desktop (once capitalized as "KaZaA", but now usually left as "Kazaa") is a controversial peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol. It is commonly used to exchange MP3 music files over the Internet. It is also increasingly used to exchange movie files. The official Kazaa client can be downloaded free of charge and is financed by attached adware, spyware and malware (despite the "No Spyware" message displayed on their website). ...more on Wikipedia about "Kazaa"
Key based routing (KBR) is a lookup method used in conjunction with distributed hash tables (DHTs). While DHTs provide a method to find a host responsible for a certain piece of data, KBR provides a method to find the closest host for that data, according to some defined metric. This may not necessarily be defined as physical distance, but rather the number of network hops. KBR improves the efficiency of decentralized information retrieval in peer-to-peer networks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Key based routing"
Legion is a computer software system variously classified as a distributed operating system, a peer-to-peer system, metacomputing software, or middleware. It is an object-based system designed to provide secure, transparent access to large numbers of machines. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation and other funding agencies, and was mostly done at the University of Virginia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Legion (software)"
Mercora, Inc. is a Silicon Valley company based in Santa Clara, California. Mercora develops and distributes IM Radio/IMDJ, IM Artist, and IM Radio Mobile software applications for webcasting and listening to digital music. Mercora’s mission statement is “to create the world’s largest music catalog and make it easily searchable and listenable.” ...more on Wikipedia about "Mercora"
(Mnet) :This page deals with the computer program, for the South African TV channel, see M-Net ...more on Wikipedia about "Mnet"
In computing, Multisource File Transfer Protocol (MFTP) is designed for the purpose of file sharing. It is still under development, and therefore may acquire more features or other improvements in addition to those discussed in this article. This is the communication protocol used by such clients as eMule and eDonkey and, in its extended implementation, by the Overnet network. ...more on Wikipedia about "Multisource File Transfer Protocol" Please visit again www.shortopedia.com File_sharing_networks
Napster is an online music service which was originally a file sharing service created by Shawn Fanning. Napster was the first widely-used peer-to-peer music sharing service, and it made a major impact on how people, especially university students, used the Internet. Its technology allowed music fans to easily share MP3 format song files with each other, thus leading to the music industry's accusations of massive copyright violations. Although the original service was shut down by court order, it paved the way for decentralized P2P file-sharing programs, which have been much harder to control. The service was named Napster after Fanning's nickname. ...more on Wikipedia about "Napster"
The Open Media Network is a P2PTV application powered by Kontiki grid network technology. Kontiki is basically a commercial replacement for BitTorrent. OMN, as it is called, thus functions as a large, centrally controlled grid network for the distribution of free radio and TV content over P2P. Currently, it is only compatible with Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Open Media Network"
OpenFT is a file sharing protocol developed by the giFT project. ...more on Wikipedia about "OpenFT"
OpenNAP is a piece of free software that replicates the functionality of the once-popular Napster peer-to-peer filesharing server. OpenNAP uses a free Napster-like protocol with extended functionality, is released under the GNU General Public License, and runs under Unix-like operating systems, such as Linux, Mac OS X, and under Windows NT , Windows 2000 and Windows XP . Latest original opennap version is 0.44 . ...more on Wikipedia about "OpenNAP"
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