text: If any of them Helps\nDefinitions of P2P on the Web:\n\nA sharing and delivery of user specified files among groups of people who are logged on to a file sharing network. Napster was the first mainstream P2P software that enabled large scale file sharing.\nwww.mp3-cdburner.com/MP3-glossary.shtml\n\nPeer-to-peer is a type of Internet network allowing a group of computer users with the same networking program to connect with each other for the purposes of directly accessing files from one another's hard drives.\nwww.usr.com/education/broadbandglossary.asp\n\nProcess whereby computers can trade information between each other directly without the assistance of a third party network.\nwww.hostqueue.com/ecommerce/glossary.html\n\n(Peer to Peer), a term used to describe an end user sending a message to another end user via their wireless devices, where each device has equivalent capabilities and responsibilities.\nusamobility.com/customercare/faqs/glossary.htm\n\nPeer-to-peer networking (P2P) is an application that runs on a personal computer and shares files with other users across the Internet. P2P networks work by connecting individual computers together to share files instead of having to go through a central server.\nwww.netalert.net.au/01990-Glossary.asp\n\nPeer-to-peer exchanges in which products or services are openly shared (for example, Napster).\nwww.metromemetics.com/thelexicon/p.asp\n\nA method of file sharing over a network in which individual computers are linked via the Internet or a private network to share programs/files, often illegally. Users download files directly from other users' computers, rather than from a central server.\nspyware.remove-spyware.com/definitions2.htm\n\nAt Peer to Peer networks several hubs communicate directly for using conjointly resources. PACS Picture Archiving and communication system makes the archiving of the image material possible as well as the image communication between the modalities, the digital archive and the information system based on the DICOM standards.\nwww.vepro.com/USA/glossar_n-r.asp\n\nPeer to Peer. Instead of one single computer, P2P utilizes the computing power of thousands of computers together to do one thing, speeding up the time required to perform the job. Napster was the originator of P2P for sharing music files between millions of computer users worldwide. SETI@home uses P2P with just under 4 million computers and has, since it started in July 1999 (to August 2002) done 1,009,000 hrs of computation time, or the equivalent of 1,248 years work on one computer! ...\nwww.techdirectcomputers.com/Encyclopedia.htm\n\nA programme which will allow the MOD to trade electronically with its suppliers, via the Defence Electronic Commerce Service (DECS).\nwww.ams.mod.uk/ams/content/docs/ils/ils_web/ils_gide/chaptr14.htm\n\nPeer to Peer. Term used by file sharing networks such as Kazaa, Limewire, etc.\nwww.100best-web-hosting.com/termp.html\n\nP2P technically stands for "peer-to-peer." A peer-to-peer architecture allows hardware or software to function on a network without the need for central servers. Peer-to-peer is commonly used in configuring home computer networks where the cost of a server can be difficult to justify. The approach has also been popularized by some Net software applications such as Groove and Napster. The P2P acronym has acquired a non-technical meaning as well. ...\nwww.envisionnetwork.net/library/glossary.html\n\nA peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network is a network that relies on computing power at the edges (ends) of a connection rather than in the network itself. P2P networks are used for sharing content like audio, video, data or anything in digital format. P2P network can also mean grid computing. \nen.wikipedia.org/wiki/P2P