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Gnutella Last modified: Thursday, October 27, 2005
An application for a peer-to-peer file sharing system, which was originally developed by Nullsoft but quickly disseminated within the hacker community. Like Napster, Gnutella allows users to scan designated folders on other members' hard drives and copy files of any type between machines. Unlike Napster, Gnutella software doesn't have a main central database of users. Also see All About Peer-To-Peer Architecture in Webopedia's "Did You Know...?" section.
Peer-to-Peer Communications Inc. Features technical titles on programming, operating systems, hardware, software, and the Internet. Includes non-fiction books about the industry. Gnutella Web site Originally developed by Nullsoft, Gnutella quickly disseminated within the hacker community. What Network Do You Need? An overview of the different types of networks possibilities, from peer-to-pear to client/server, and what kind of products you need to run them.	Related Categories Client/Server Computing Digital Rights Management (DRM) Networks Related Terms BitTorrent client/server DRM file hacker MP3 peer-to-peer peer-to-peer architecture peer-to-peer mode