<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article is in a list format that may be better presented using prose . You can help by converting this article to prose, if appropriate . Editing help is available . (September 2014) </Td> </Tr> <P> In P2P networks, clients both provide and use resources . This means that unlike client - server systems, the content - serving capacity of peer - to - peer networks can actually increase as more users begin to access the content (especially with protocols such as Bittorrent that require users to share, refer a performance measurement study). This property is one of the major advantages of using P2P networks because it makes the setup and running costs very small for the original content distributor . </P> <P> Many file peer - to - peer file sharing networks, such as Gnutella, G2, and the eDonkey network popularized peer - to - peer technologies . </P> <Ul> <Li> Peer - to - peer content delivery networks . </Li> <Li> Peer - to - peer content services, e.g. caches for improved performance such as Correli Caches </Li> <Li> Software publication and distribution (Linux distribution, several games); via file sharing networks . </Li> </Ul>

Difference between point to point and peer to peer connection