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Title: A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Avalanche Post by: Tanya on August 10, 2007, 05:47:59 PM A (Microsoft) Code Name a Day: Avalanche
Microsoft code name of the day: Avalanche Best guess on what it is: Microsoft Secure Content Downloader (MSCD) Meaning/context of the code name: Avalanche had a rocky start back in 2005, when it was a Microsoft research project that many dubbed Redmond?s BitTorrent killer. I guess the P2P file sharing was poised to set off a cascading avalanche of secure file downloads? Back story: MSCD is ?a peer-assisted? download manager capable of securely downloading specific files. The target audience is consumers who are downloading from a home PC, or business users whose computers are not behind a corporate firewall.Continue At Source Continue to this article at Bink.nu http://bink.nu/Article10758.bink |