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Within a decade, P2P has proven to be a technology that enables innovative new services and is used by millions of people every day.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 53, Issue 10
October 2010
96 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1831407
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