How do P2P file sharing programs work?

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How do P2P file sharing programs work?

Like, do they take your files and post them on there or something? Need specifics.

2006-12-18 12:24:58 · 2 answers · asked by George 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer

2006-12-18 12:32:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

One person uploads something and anither person downloads it, then, hey both upload that file, so there are multiple sources to download from. Then, others download that file and upload it as well, soon, there will be tons of sources.

2006-12-18 22:53:33 · answer #2 · answered by mr.oriental 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋