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'''Segmented downloading''' (also known as multisource downloading, swarming download) can be a more efficient way of [[downloading]] [[Computer file|file]]s from many peers at once.  The one single file is downloaded, in parallel, from several distinct sources or uploaders of the file.  This can help a group of users with [[asymmetric]] connections, such as [[ADSL]] to provide a high total [[Bandwidth (computing)|bandwidth]] to one downloader(contracted; show full)e downloading, but can only connect to one source at a time. Older clients could only resume a file from the same source. This feature is different from segmented downloading, due to the ability to connect to multiple sources at the same time.  However, new protocol extensions as well as the alternative ADC protocol have turned segmented downloading into an implementation issue instead of a protocol one (and is used in some clients such as the aforementioned RevConnect).

== See also ==
* [[Peercasting]]


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