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FrostWire. FrostWire is a free and open-source BitTorrent client first released in September 2004, as a fork of LimeWire. It was initially very similar to LimeWire in appearance and functionality, but over time developers added more features, including support for the BitTorrent protocol. In version 5, support for the Gnutella network was ...
BitTorrent, also referred to simply as torrent, is a communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), which enables users to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet in a decentralized manner.
Deluge BitTorrent Client is a free and open-source, cross-platform BitTorrent client written in Python.Deluge uses a front and back end architecture where libtorrent, a software library written in C++ which provides the application's networking logic, is connected to one of various front ends including a text console, the web interface and a graphical desktop interface using GTK through the ...
An October 12, 2005, report states that some of LimeWire's contributors have forked the project and called it FrostWire. [21] LimeWire was the second file sharing program after FrostWire to support firewall-to-firewall file transfers, a feature introduced in version 4.2, which was released in November 2004.
Gnutella is a peer-to-peer network protocol. Founded in 2000, it was the first decentralized peer-to-peer network of its kind, leading to other, later networks adopting the model. [ 1] In June 2005, Gnutella's population was 1.81 million computers [ 2] increasing to over three million nodes by January 2006. [ 3]
The following is a general comparison of BitTorrent clients, which are computer programs designed for peer-to-peer file sharing using the BitTorrent protocol. [ 1] The BitTorrent protocol coordinates segmented file transfer among peers connected in a swarm. A BitTorrent client enables a user to exchange data as a peer in one or more swarms.
October 12 – RIAA files a lawsuit against Usenet .com, accusing it of being an illicit peer-to-peer file sharing site. [ 97][ 98] October 23 – OiNK's Pink Palace BitTorrent Tracker is raided and shut down by a joint effort between Dutch and British police. [ 99] October 24 – The civil-court jury trial for Capitol v.
Just Checked, and FrostWire is now in version 5, so that needs to be updated. Additionally, it has now ditched the Gnutella protocol, and only has BitTorrent support. I am busy now, but in a few hours I will re-write parts of this article, and other articles about Gnutella to reflect this change. 76.103.80.117 ( talk ) 23:42, 6 July 2011 (UTC ...