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file sharing
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file sharing
Copying files from one computer to another. See peer-to-peer network, file sharing protocol and file and printer sharing.
file sharing [′fīl ‚sher·iŋ]
(computer science)
The common use, by two or more users, of data and program files, usually located in a file server.


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Now that you know more about P2P file sharing and its risks, you would know how to deal with certain kinds of situations in relation to this.
Apart from the companies that make P2P file sharing possible, many individual users have also been taken to court to face charges, and it is in your interest to use the utmost discretion as to what you download and from what sources you download files.
Current P2P file sharing networks are usually designed to upload or download data.
 
 
 
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