Client/Server vs. Peer-to-Peer file sharing
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Client/Server vs. Peer-to-Peer file sharing

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The BitTorrent Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Protocol

7/2/2001
Bram Cohen
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Bram Cohen

On July 2, 2001 American computer programmer Bram Cohen of San Francisco released the first implementation of the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file sharing protocol for distributing large amounts of data.

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