Peer-to-peer applications are best explained by contrasting with client/server. In client/server applications, like Lotus Notes, clients communicate with each other, but must first connect with the ...

Whenever you connect two computers together, either with cables or wirelessly, you have created a computer network. When the computers on the network can work independently of each other, it is ...

WITH THE IMAGE of peer-to-peer technology tarnished from legal actions taken against high-profile companies such as Napster and Freenet during the past year, many IT executives’ feelings about it ...

PC gamers weren't happy when Bungie's Luke Smith confirmed Destiny 2 on PC won't have dedicated servers, but that's actually half of the story. The studio chimes in to explain how Destiny 2's online ...

During the gameplay reveal, Bungie revealed that Destiny 2 won’t have dedicated servers, saying it’s “just not an investment that we made.” In the latest blog post from the developer, Engineering Lead ...

Music streaming startup Spotify is shutting down its peer-to-peer network that powered a significant part of the service in the desktop app. According to TorrentFreak, the company doesn’t need to use ...

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