Multi-source
≈ 1 min read
Names in other languages
No names in other languages are held for this entry yet.
Article bodies are English and are not machine-translated. A name in another language is not a translation of the article.
Multi-source, as it applies to downloading data, or files from the internet, is a method of decreasing download time for large files by getting data from two or more sources.
Multi-source, as it applies to downloading data, or files from the internet, is a method of decreasing download time for large files by getting data from two or more sources. ==Examples of programs that use Multi-source downloading== ApexDC++ is an example of a program that uses multi-source downloading. The program uses a DC (direct connect) protocol and downloads a large file by dividing it into smaller parts and downloading the smaller parts from different hosts. Web seeds in the BitTorrent file format implement a standard form of multi-source download. MirrorBrain and other software can be configured to generate torrents containing multiple HTTP links. [http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&r=1&l=50&f=G&d=PALL&s1=6339785.WKU.&OS=PN/6339785&RS=PN/6339785 US Patent 6,339,785: Multi-server file download
Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1312511055 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.