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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

The company's eagerness to appropriate time-worn hacker principles such as file sharing and communal information ownership, while at the same time selling a service based on proprietary software, sends a distressing mixed message.

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

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