Making Sense of Movie Downloading
that enables file COmpression and DECompression to transfer it across the internet.
MP3: short for “MPEG Audio Layer 3” – from MPEG again. This is for digital audio only, it uses a compression method that means smaller file sizes. You lose some information but most people can’t hear the reduction in quality. So it’s great for music downloading and playing audio on an MP3 player. But this is only for music, not for movies.
P2P: short for peer to peer. This is one popular method of sharing and downloading millions of movie and music files. Peer-to-peer is a form of computer network that does not rely on a server and client, but each computer is a peer or equal – great for downloading and sharing home video and audio content. Even with compressed files it can take time and sharing the load amongst several computers is a clever way to harness the power of the
