What Is a P2P Program?

What is a P2P program? Why do you need one? What are they for? These three were some of the first questions that popped into my mind when I saw the title of this article.

A P2P program is a way to download different programs, multimedia files, video images, anything in digital format that is shared from one user to another.

Why would you need a P2P program? Well, have you ever looked for a way to download any of the files mentioned above? A P2P program is the safest and easiest way to do it.

All you need to know is the title or description of what you are looking for, such as programs, e-books, or music, and the time to download it. There is a great list of P2P programs available, some free, like my favorite Limewire, while others charge a fee to use their service.

You need to be careful when deciding which program to use, as some of them are charged for and may put other programs on your computer that you would not normally allow.

For example, you remembered when you downloaded that great screensaver and a new search bar was installed in your Internet Explorer, or now you get pop-ups where you didn’t before due to some program added to your system.

Another thing to keep in mind is that although they say that it is free to download and burn to disc, this is not necessarily true.

I used a program once and it said you can burn your downloads for free however when it was time to burn them to disk. The CD would not be burned because a license key was required for the program itself.

When it comes to searching for programs, you have to look at how you put things, or you could end up with a list of items that you didn’t want or need.

If you know the name of the program and who created it, you should find what you are looking for. Some of these programs have advanced search options.

With advanced search, you need to know not only the name and who created the program, but also the year it was made and the operating system it is running.

A common search is for music files, with these, the more you know, the better luck you will have in finding them.

If you just type the name of the song, you could end up with covers or remixes that you may not have been looking for.

Also, let’s say if you are looking for a specific artist and format, like WMA, you have to type the artist and WMA in the search bar. Many of the P2P networks use Java-based applications and shared files are controlled through networks such as Gnutella or Freenet.