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Gnutella is a peer-to-peer network protocol. Founded in 2000, it was the first decentralized peer-to-peer network of its kind, leading to other, later networks adopting the model. [1] In June 2005, Gnutella's population was 1.81 million computers [2] increasing to over three million nodes by January 2006. [3]
XoloX / ˈ z oʊ l ɒ k s / was a Gnutella-based peer-to-peer file sharing application for Windows.It advertised having no spyware, adware, or hijackware.However, upon installation, it prompted the user to install programs suspected to be of that kind.
March – Gnutella becomes the first decentralized file sharing network with the release of a network client by Justin Frankel and Tom Pepper of Nullsoft. [32] Like Napster, users could share large numbers of files at once, and search across the entire network for files. March – Phex (formerly FURI) Gnutella client released. [33] May – UMG v.
In November 2002, Michael Stokes announced the Gnutella2 protocol to the Gnutella Developers Forum. While some thought the goals stated for Gnutella2 are primarily to make a clean break with the gnutella 0.6 protocol and start over, so that some of gnutella's less clean parts would be done more elegantly and, in general, be impressive and desirable; other developers, primarily those of ...
GnucDNA was a software library for building peer-to-peer applications. It provides developers with a common layer to create their own Gnutella or Gnutella2 client or network. As a separate component, GnucDNA can be updated independently of the client, passing down improvements to the applications already using it.
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Napster was founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker. [3] Initially, Napster was envisioned by Fanning as an independent peer-to-peer file sharing service. The service operated between June 1999 and July 2001. [4]
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