Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

Published by Pearson Higher Education
ISBN 10: 1292061162
ISBN 13: 978-1-29206-116-0

Chapter 4 - Networking and the Internet - Section 4.2 - The Internet - Questions & Exercises - Page 188: 7

Answer

They relieve the initial server from the burden of sending individual messages to each client. The P2P approach shifts this burden to the clients (peers) themselves, whereas multicast shifts this burden to the Internet routers.

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They relieve the initial server from the burden of sending individual messages to each client. The P2P approach shifts this burden to the clients (peers) themselves, whereas multicast shifts this burden to the Internet routers.
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