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Direct Connect (protocol)

Index Direct Connect (protocol)

Direct Connect (DC) is a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol. [1]

33 relations: Advanced Direct Connect, Adware, ASCII, Character encoding, Chat room, Communication protocol, Comparison of Direct Connect software, Computer file, DC++, Delimiter, Denial-of-service attack, Download, Encryption, Escape sequence, HTML, HTTP referer, IP address, Java (software platform), Key (cryptography), Merkle tree, MLDonkey, Multiple document interface, NeoModus Direct Connect, Network socket, Node (networking), Nonprofit organization, Operating system, Peer-to-peer file sharing, Reverse engineering, Transmission Control Protocol, User Datagram Protocol, UTF-8, Whitespace character.

Advanced Direct Connect

Advanced Direct Connect (ADC) is a peer-to-peer file sharing and chat protocol, using the same network topology, concepts and terminology as the Direct Connect (DC) protocol.

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Adware

Adware, or advertising-supported software, is software that generates revenue for its developer by automatically generating online advertisements in the user interface of the software or on a screen presented to the user during the installation process.

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ASCII

ASCII, abbreviated from American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a character encoding standard for electronic communication.

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Character encoding

Character encoding is used to represent a repertoire of characters by some kind of encoding system.

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Chat room

The term chat room, or chatroom, is primarily used to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing.

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Communication protocol

In telecommunication, a communication protocol is a system of rules that allow two or more entities of a communications system to transmit information via any kind of variation of a physical quantity.

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Comparison of Direct Connect software

This article compares features and other data about client and server software for Direct Connect, a peer-to-peer file sharing protocol.

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Computer file

A computer file is a computer resource for recording data discretely in a computer storage device.

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DC++

DC++ is a free and open-source, peer-to-peer file-sharing client that can be used for connecting to the Direct Connect network or to the ADC protocol.

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Delimiter

A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters used to specify the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text or other data streams.

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Denial-of-service attack

In computing, a denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to the Internet.

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Download

In computer networks, to download (abbreviation DL) is to receive data from a remote system, typically a server such as a web server, an FTP server, an email server, or other similar systems.

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Encryption

In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding a message or information in such a way that only authorized parties can access it and those who are not authorized cannot.

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Escape sequence

An escape sequence is a series of characters used to change the state of computers and their attached peripheral devices, rather than to be displayed or printed as regular data bytes would be.

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HTML

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications.

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HTTP referer

The HTTP (originally a misspelling of referrer) is an HTTP header field that identifies the address of the webpage (i.e. the URI or IRI) that linked to the resource being requested.

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IP address

An Internet Protocol address (IP address) is a numerical label assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication.

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Java (software platform)

Java is a set of computer software and specifications developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems, which was later acquired by the Oracle Corporation, that provides a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment.

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Key (cryptography)

In cryptography, a key is a piece of information (a parameter) that determines the functional output of a cryptographic algorithm.

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Merkle tree

In cryptography and computer science, a hash tree or Merkle tree is a tree in which every leaf node is labelled with the hash of a data block and every non-leaf node is labelled with the cryptographic hash of the labels of its child nodes.

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MLDonkey

MLDonkey is an open source, multi-protocol, peer-to-peer file sharing application that runs as a back-end server application on many platforms.

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Multiple document interface

A multiple document interface (MDI) is a graphical user interface in which multiple windows reside under a single parent window.

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NeoModus Direct Connect

NeoModus Direct Connect was a file-sharing client for Windows and Mac users that provided file-sharing capabilities for any type of file within a hub-centric, peer-to-peer network and contained adware.

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Network socket

A network socket is an internal endpoint for sending or receiving data within a node on a computer network.

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Node (networking)

In telecommunications networks, a node (Latin nodus, ‘knot’) is either a redistribution point or a communication endpoint.

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Nonprofit organization

A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

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Peer-to-peer file sharing

Peer-to-peer file sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer-to-peer (P2P) networking technology.

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Reverse engineering

Reverse engineering, also called back engineering, is the process by which a man-made object is deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, or to extract knowledge from the object; similar to scientific research, the only difference being that scientific research is about a natural phenomenon.

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Transmission Control Protocol

The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) is one of the main protocols of the Internet protocol suite.

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User Datagram Protocol

In computer networking, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core members of the Internet protocol suite.

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UTF-8

UTF-8 is a variable width character encoding capable of encoding all 1,112,064 valid code points in Unicode using one to four 8-bit bytes.

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Whitespace character

In computer programming, white space is any character or series of characters that represent horizontal or vertical space in typography.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Connect_(protocol)

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