Terms

MP3’s – (MPEG audio layer 3) an audio compression technology that can compress CD quality sound by a factor of 12 while still provides almost the same level of fidelity.

RIAA – Recording Industry Association of America.

Server – A computer in a network that is used to provide services as assess to files or shared peripherals or the routing of e-mails to other computers in a network.

AAP – Artists Against Piracy

Copyright Infringement – Breaking a copyright law.

Download - To receive a file transmitted over a network.

P2P - person to person.

File Sharing - the sharing of files between two or more people across a network.

Broadband - high speed transmission of data across a network (the internet) usually reaching speeds equivalent to T1 (1.544 Mbps).

Network - Two or more computers connected together using cables and/or routers and/or switches.