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| File sharing refers to the public and private sharing of computer files or data in a network, with various levels of access privilege assigned. Typically file sharing requires users to upload files and download files from a server. Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing, however, does not follow the traditional model of uploading and downloading files from a Web site. Instead, files are shared directly from personal computer to personal computer with no intermediate server — it is thus, peer to peer.
File sharing allows a number of people to access one file, being able to do some combinations of reading, writing or modifying, copying and printing. In order to share files, a file transfer system called the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) has become widely-used. FTP can be used to access (read and possibly write to) files shared among a particular set of users with a password. |