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file sharing

British  

noun

  1. the practice of sharing computer data or space on a network

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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High court sides with the entertainment industry in the fight against illegal file sharing.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2026

Its P2P/torrenting servers are optimized for file sharing and downloading from peer-to-peer networks.

From Salon Dec. 12, 2025

Thousands of companies, from tech groups like Google to small enterprises to healthcare organizations, rely on data centers for basic needs like file sharing or running applications.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 21, 2025

"With Teams, users have access to many of the same core features they use in Skype, such as one-on-one calls and group calls, messaging, and file sharing," he said.

From BBC Feb. 28, 2025

About the only thing I could get out of Stallman was a concession that the e-book's copyright restrict all forms of file sharing to "noncommercial redistribution."

From Free as in Freedom: Richard Stallman's Crusade for Free Software by Williams, Sam

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