Distributed networking
Software concept
Alternate names: Peer-to-peer networking
Name variations: p2p, peer 2 peer
This is a container group; its children are:
| BitTorrent | Uses the BitTorrent peer-to-peer file transfer protocol. (too short) | 2004 / 2018 | 14 games |
| Mesh network | Multiplayer games are formed as mesh networks, each player is connected to everyone else. Increases total upstream needs of all players but does not fall over if the "host" disconnects. | 2006 / 2015 | 10 games |