“File Sharing: Educational Information Distribution” I. Objectives * This case study aims to complete the following: * General Objective * To create an online informative webpage that discusses File Sharing. * Specific Objectives A. To describe the nature and description of File Sharing. B. To discuss the importance of File Sharing in the Internet World. C. To give the disadvantage and advantage of File Sharing. D. To discuss the benefits of File Sharing
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On Exploiting Agent Technology in the design of Peer-to-Peer Applications Steven Willmott, Josep M. Pujol and Ulises Cort´s e Universitat Polit`cnica de Catalunya e a Llenguatges i Sistemes Inform`tics Campus Nord, M´dul C5-C6, C/Jordi Girona 1-3, Barcelona (08034), Spain o {steve, jmpujol, ia}@lsi.upc.es Abstract. Peer-to-peer (P2P) architectures exhibit attractive properties for a wide range of real world systems. As a result they are increasingly being applied in the design of applications
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2 Abstract This paper explores different methods of networking techniques in order to build a successful network in Ocper, Inc. On the last proposal, the company was ready to expand its business by changing its network from peer to peer to client/ server network. Today, wireless network become more popular. In order to compete with other businesses and to adapt with the evolving technology, Ocper, Inc is getting ready to proceed to adapt wireless networking. Wireless networks
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The effect of the digital economy act on students and universities The effect that the digital economy act (D.E.A) on students and universities is fairly diverse as it can cause financial hard ships for students and difficulties for universities. After researching the usages of people aged 14-21 as well as 22-29 the reason that these demographics where used is because it was felt that they best represented the general populace of students either in colleges or universities. Students have a large
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network design of 10 workstations connected to a single stackable switch. Business growth depends in part upon the company Internet web server and database server. The network’s initial flat topology, with workstations and servers connecting in a peer to peer fashion using a single ADSL line for Internet access was very limited. However, the current stackable network switch design has enabled IT staff to upgrade network infrastructure in order to keep up with company growth. The stackable design has
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programs they are unwanted. they can then burn it to CDs, copy it to portable music players or, if they have the right equipment the a la carte pricing's flexibility and convenience makes itunes feel like p2p in certain ways, in p2p service, peer-to-peer has come to describe applications in which users can use the Internet to exchange files what they want with each other directly or through a mediating server. apple's combination of a la carte purchases with fast searching , one click purchasing
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have Peer to Peer networks had on consumerism such as the selling of films and music? “In a P2P network, the "peers" are computer systems which are connected to each other via the Internet. Files can be shared directly between systems on the network without the need of a central server.” (http://www.techterms.com/definition/p2p) It is essential to understand the meaning of “Peer to peer” in order to study the subject in depth. This report aims to analyse and explore the effects of Peer to Peer
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Travis Avery NT2580 Project Part 2 Purpose - This policy defines the security configurations users and Information Technology (IT) administrators are required to implement in order to ensure the integrity, availability, and confidentially of the network environment of Richmond Investments(R.I). It serves as the central policy document with which all employees and contractors must be familiar, and defines regulations that all users must follow. The policy provides IT managers within R.I. with policies
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Friis of Denmark. Skype leveraged the same type of peer-to-peer networking idea that Kazaa was built upon, but applied it to voice transmission instead. The idea was that the more people that used Skype, the more reliable the connection would be for each of them. Skype’s big selling point was that users could make free voice calls (using their computers and a headset) to each other from anywhere in the world. After all, since it was a peer-to-peer network it was to Skype’s advantage to have as many
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right at your fingertips had never been possible before. However, this program that provided the privilege of having free instant music to download did not last long, it was shut down after just two years by court order. The fact that it was a peer-to-peer file sharing system (p2p) brought up a lot of legal issues and was what turned Napster into a huge copyright infringement operation by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) (Mayer, 2008). Music artists like Metallica and Dr. Dre
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