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With BitTorrent, files are broken into smaller fragments, typically a quarter of a megabyte each. As the fragments get distributed to the peers, they can be reassembled on a requesting machine in a random order. Each peer takes advantage of the best connections to the missing pieces while providing an upload connection to the pieces it already has. This scheme has proven particularly adept in trading large files such as videos and software source code. In conventional downloading, high demand leads to bottlenecks as demand surges for bandwidth from the host server. With BitTorrent, high demand can actually speed throughput as more bandwidth and additional “seeds” of the completed file become available to the group. Cohen claims that for very popular files, BitTorrent can support about a thousand times as many downloads as HTTP.

Cet article aborde les différentes technologies actuellement employées du P2P, ainsi que des axes de recherches, comme le P2P sémantique. Les utilisations possibles du P2P sont aussi abordées.

Background Information Installing BitTorrent Getting Started with BitTorrent Configuring Your Network for BitTorrent Opening/Viewing/Using Files You've Downloaded Troubleshooting Errors and Problems Advanced Topics Getting Help and Support Links to Popular BitTorrent Sites

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