Partage de fichiers en pair-à-pairUn partage de fichiers en pair-à-pair (en anglais peer-to-peer - P2P) est un réseau informatique logiciel, destiné à partager des fichiers entre plusieurs ordinateurs interconnectés par Internet, chaque internaute pouvant être serveur et client d’un autre internaute. Ils forment ainsi des « pairs ». L'avantage technique essentiel du système par rapport à un chargement centralisé est le suivant : plus un contenu a de demandeurs sur un serveur central, plus celui-ci est encombré.
EDonkey networkThe eDonkey Network (also known as the eDonkey2000 network or eD2k) is a decentralized, mostly server-based, network created in 2000 by US developers Jed McCaleb and Sam Yagan that is best suited to share big files among users, and to provide long term availability of files. Like most sharing networks, it is decentralized, as there is no central hub for the network; also, files are not stored on a central server but are exchanged directly between users based on the peer-to-peer principle.
Liste de clients BitTorrentThe following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for using the BitTorrent protocol. The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm. A BitTorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms. Because BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer communications protocol that does not need a server, the BitTorrent definition of client differs from the conventional meaning expressed in the client–server model.
