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Leuf, Bo.
Peer to peer : collaboration and sharing over the Internet / Bo Leuf.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks) 2. Internet. I. Title.
TK5105.525 .L48 2002
004.6'8—dc21 2002024937
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