Editing Peercasting (section)

{{short description|Method of multicasting streams to the Internet via peer-to-peer technology}}
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'''Peercasting''' is a method of [[multicast]]ing [[Streaming media|streams]], usually audio and/or video, to the [[Internet]] via [[peer-to-peer]] technology. It can be used for commercial, independent, and amateur multicasts. Unlike traditional [[IP multicast]], peercasting can facilitate [[Video on demand|on-demand]] content delivery.<ref>{{cite book |title=P2P Networking and Applications|page= 203|first1=John F. |last1=Buford |first2=Heather |last2=Yu |first3=Eng Keong |last3=Lua |year= 2008 |publisher=[[Morgan Kaufmann]] |isbn=978-0-12-374214-8}}</ref>