According to Zukowski a mapped drive is one example of sharing. Click on file and print sharing. Some of these programs use a centralized server, which means that all of the information is stored on one server. Your files are not placed in a central place but remain distributed on the users systems. According to the File-Sharing Launchpad site, web sites that use a centralized server like Napster are easy to shut down because there is one person or group who control all of the information and can be held accountable for information exchanged.
People using a decentralized network are harder to prosecute because there is no one to blame.
There are also programs like EzAttach, available on the File Pool web site, which is a free program that allows you to attach any size or type of file to an e-mail or community site. This is an alternative way to share files without letting people connect directly to your computer to get files. There are many places on the web that you can go to for file sharing information like Peer Metrics , a site that tells you about file sharing software. The file sharing software allows you to expand your computer's file sharing capacity. This is a form of file sharing on the Intranet, which only the people in the Network Neighborhood can access, Gus Lasko, a student in User Support, says.