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P2P
- (Peer-to-Peer) - (in terms
of
Interactive TV) -
(May known as Box-to-box
Networking) - (1) When a business’ product/service can
only communicate with users of that specific business'
product/service.
For instance, peer-to-peer
video-casting might only
be possible between one business' DVR (for instance Sky's) subscribers and
not
between Echostar's and Sky's DVR
subscribers. (2) Networks where their
hosts interact with each other on an equal basis, particularly in the
exchange
of data. These networks use the computing power and bandwidth of those
participating in the network rather than using a comparatively low
number of servers.
Peer-to-peer networks are generally simpler than client/server
architectures,
but often don't perform as well under heavy loads. P2P
networks are also used for instant messaging.
DidYouKnow/Internet/2005/peer_to_peer.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer
P2PTV - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P2PTV
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