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ANts P2P
{{Infobox software
| name = ANts P2P
| developer = [[Gwren]]
| released               = 2003
| latest release version = v1.6.0 Beta - Protocol 1.0.0
| latest release date = {{release date|2010|11|07}}<ref>{{cite web |author=Sourceforge |title=ANts P2P release files|url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/antsp2p/files/|accessdate=2010-11-07| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20101003194158/http://sourceforge.net/projects/antsp2p/files/| archivedate= 3 October 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
| operating system = [[Cross-platform]]
| programming language = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| genre = [[File sharing]], [[Anonymous P2P|Anonymous peer to peer]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]
| website = http://antsp2p.sourceforge.net/
}}

'''ANts P2P''' is an [[Anonymous P2P|anonymous peer-to-peer]] [[open source]] [[file sharing]] software written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]]. The software was initially conceived in 2003 to explore the potentials offered by a number of novel [[Routing protocol|routing protocols]]s (ARA,<ref>{{cite web |author=Imed Bouazizi |title=ARA - The Ant-Colony Based Routing Algorithm for MANETs |doi=10.1109/ICPPW.2002.1039715 |accessdate=2010-11-07}}</ref> ants-based routing,<ref>{{cite web |author=M. Heissenbüttel, T. Braun |title=Ants-Based Routing in Large Scale Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks |url=http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~rvs/publications/HeissenBraunAntsBasedRouting.pdf |accessdate=2010-11-07}}</ref> [[Mobile ad hoc network|MANET]] routing protocols<ref>{{cite web |a(contracted; show full)

Some of its features include:<ref>{{cite web |author=ANTs P2P Project at Sourceforge |title=ANTs P2P |url=http://antsp2p.sourceforge.net/ |accessdate=2010-10-27| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20101112174754/http://antsp2p.sourceforge.net/| archivedate= 12 November 2010 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Ants P2P Guide |title=Ants P2P Guide |url=http://antsp2p.altervista.org/features.html |accessdate=2010-11-03}}</ref>
* Open Source [[Java
 (programming language)|Java]] implementation (GNU-GPL license).
* Portable "all-in-one-folder" release that does not require setup.
* [[Multipath routing]] for packets.
* Preferential connections to give the network a fast [[Backbone network|backbone]].
* Support for partial [[download]]s with automatic resume.
* Multiple sources download.
* Swarming (aka [[segmented downloading]]) from partial files.
* Autosearch sources for active and interrupted downloads.
(contracted; show full)
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/antsp2p/ ANts P2P project summary] on [[SourceForge.net]]
* [http://antsp2p.altervista.org/ v1.5.7/0.9.4 English ANts Guide]
* [http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=567 ANts P2P: A new approach to file sharing] - [[Slyck news]], Septembers 13, 2004. Detailed view of some technical and legal aspects of ANts P2P.

[[Category:Anonymous file sharing networks]]
[[Category:Software programmed in Java]]
[[Category:Free file sharing software]]
[[Category:2010 software]]