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Becoming part of a distributed-computing network is easy. You simply log onto a website and download free data-crunching software that doubles as a snazzy screensaver. Anytime you go online after that, the computer contacts a server that beams you a small packet of data for your PC to analyze. The calculations are performed whenever your computer is idle; the next time you log on, the results are beamed back to the server, where they are combined with those sent in by other PCs. Like any other screensaver, the system is utterly unobtrusive. Tap a key, touch a mouse...
...Tough to ban because Gnutella files look like ordinary Web traffic --Truly decentralized; Gnutella doesn't rely on any central server --Works for all kinds of files; Gnutella isn't restricted to MP3s...
...software enables the PC to log on to Napster's server. When a search is made, the server checks its database for any other Napster users who are online and have that file...
...server finds a match, Napster puts the computer that has the file directly in touch with the computer that wants it, and the file is downloaded from one to the other...
...directory is stored on a central server. If the server is slow, so is the service --It works only for MP3s, not other files --Too successful for its own good. Banned at 40% of U.S. colleges...