(Chemistry) The button of particulate material formed after a suspension has been centrifuged. (Firearms) A pellet is a common name for the smooth, spherical projectiles loaded into shotshells, also referred to as shot. Also, a nonspherical projectile...

A method of networking that allows every computer on the network to share its resources with all other users. This method makes good use of available hardware in exchange for data...

A peer-to-peer (or "P2P", or, rarely, "PtP") computer network uses diverse connectivity between participants in a network and the cumulative bandwidth of network participants rather than conventional centralized resources where a relatively low number...

SAN FRANCISCO Napster's alliance with Bertelsmann is a coup for the peer-to-peer service. But it still has to prove it can make money, as do others like it THE future has an annoying habit of arriving in unexpected ways. Music fans...

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A diagram of a Pentagon computer network that includes passwords to defense contractors' systems is one of hundreds of classified documents accidentally available online, a House panel was told Tuesday.This and other sensitive information, including personal financial data, is mistakenly leaked through popular file-sharing programs...

Italy's top criminal court has ruled that downloading music, movies and software over the Internet isn't a crime if profit wasn't the motivation, though analysts questioned Monday whether the ruling would have much effect on copyright laws.The court's decision, issued earlier this month but reported...

Provides a comprehensive analysis on how peer-to-peer networks work. Focuses on the 'Kazaa' fasttrak network.