It is
hard to distinguish and find the difference between a P2P and a Bit Torrent,
since they are very similar and have subtle differences – they are used to
download and share files collectively, using many computers sharing the same
network.
Bit
Torrents uses as many computers as possible within the shared network and
receive any file in an appropriate format – it can breaks the files into
smaller pieces, and can be uploaded to use by another person. It shares the
loads of files from many computers or different people at the same time. One
difference is that it is much faster in transferring large files than a P2P
network.
On the
other hand, P2P is transferring files directly between the two distinguishing
computer users – host 2 host transfer. Pro is that the user can identify where
the files come from, and the downside is that the speed is limited to the speed
of sending file data.
Thus, P2P
is good when downloading small files like mp3, video clips, etc and Bit
Torrents are good for dealing with the larger files and data.
It is a brief and easy introduction about what P2P is and how it works
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