An earlier generation of peer-to-peer systems were called "metacomputing" or were classed as "middleware". These include: * Legion * Globus? * Condor? |
Many peer-to-peer applications use unequal peers, for example, to provide index or [lookup services]? to the [leaf nodes]?. Typically the [leaf nodes]? will each be an personal computer, but may be anything from a workstation? to a mainframe to a supercomputer?.
Examples of peer-to-peer applications at the time of this writing include:
An earlier generation of peer-to-peer systems were called "metacomputing" or were classed as "middleware". These include: