Title :
Peer-to-peer is not for everyone
Author :
Flammia, Giovanni
Abstract :
Software developers and specialized media are touting the peer-to-peer computing model (P2P) as the next big thing in Internet technology. I review and contrast it to the traditional Web-server model.
Keywords :
Internet; information resources; Internet; P2P model; Web-server model; peer-to-peer computing model; Application software; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Computer networks; Computerized monitoring; Distributed computing; Joining processes; Large-scale systems; Peer to peer computing; Web server;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/5254.940030
