Peer-to-Peer Computing Building Supercomputers with Web Technologies

Client/Server architecture was first proposed in the late 1980s as an alternative to conventional mainframe systems. Mainframe processing quickly becomes a bottleneck in any information system, but client/server models shift the processing burden to the client computer. Through workload sharing, cli...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loo, Alfred Wai-Sing
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Springer London 2007, 2007
Edition:1st ed. 2007
Series:Computer Communications and Networks
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Overview of Peer-to-Peer System
  • File-Sharing Peer-to-Peer System
  • The Need for More Powerful Computers
  • Problems and Solutions
  • Web Server and Related Technologies
  • to Servlets
  • Java Network Programming
  • Testing and Enhancements of Servlets
  • Power Server: Model 1
  • Power Server: Model 2
  • Power Server: Model 3
  • Power Server: Model 4
  • Power Server: Model 5
  • Wireless P2P System
  • Implementation of Wireless P2P Systems
  • Computer Architecture
  • Distributed and Parallel Algorithms
  • Infrastructure and Future Development