Peer-to-Peer Computing

Preface

Peer-to-pee r computing, at least on a conceptual level, is a genuine paradigm

shift—intelligence is at the edge, computing is completely decentralized, and

the network is just there to knit the distributed intelligence to gether. Indeed,

with advancements in hardware technology, proliferation of the open source

development culture, and abundant information at our fingertips, computing

power and user competence at the edge of the network has risen to an un-

precedented level. Thus, devices at the edge (not restricted to desktop PCs)

can congregate and share their resourc e s (computing power, file da ta, etc.)

to provide services to participating ...