Kwansei Gakuin University - School Of Policy Studies

2002 Research Fair Project

P2P technology is an efficient form of information transfer, has the potential to greatly reduce the costs associated with server-based distribution systems, and can support a variety of business models

P2P technology has the potential to change the way information is transferred on the internet. Music is not the only data type that P2P can be used to share. Large organizations such as the Human Genome Project that are interested in sharing information among specific communities of interest have shown interest in the technology.

Furthermore P2P or “distributed” computing also has tremendous potential for sharing resources. This resource is raw computing power, and with distributed or P2P computing, information and transaction costs can be substantially lowered.