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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 46 , Issue 2 (February 2003) table of contents

SPECIAL ISSUE: Technical and social components of peer-to-peer computing table of contents

Pages: 30 - 32

Year of Publication: 2003

ISSN:0001-0782

Author

Richard Lethin

Reservoir Labs, Inc., New York, NY

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing has both technical and social components. Both these components share the attraction of distributed control, where computers operating as peers collaborate to achieve an end result without a central authority.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
H. Information Systems
H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces