caa a22 4500 378856472 CHVBK 20180305123336.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e200306 xx s 000 0 ger 10.1515/PIKO.2003.60 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/PIKO.2003.60 Peer-to-Peer Computing: Systems, Concepts and Characteristics [Elektronische Daten] [A. Mauthe, D. Hutchison] Peer-to-peer is a technology concept applied at different levels of the systems architecture. Its main characteristics are direct interaction and data exchange between peer systems. It is the basis for decentralised distributed computing. The concept is widely deployed in different contexts and no formal definition exists. This paper gives an overview of the different areas peer-to-peer technology is used and introduces the main characteristics of peer-to-peer systems. It also discusses the issues and problems encountered when deploying peer-to-peer technology. © Copyright by K.G. Saur Verlag 2003 Mauthe A. aut Hutchison D. aut Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 26/2(2003-06), 60-64 0930-5157 26:2<60 2003 26 PIKO https://doi.org/10.1515/PIKO.2003.60 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/PIKO.2003.60 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mauthe A. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hutchison D. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Praxis der Informationsverarbeitung und Kommunikation Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG 26/2(2003-06), 60-64 0930-5157 26:2<60 2003 26 PIKO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter