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Leech (computing)

Known as: Leeching (computing), Bandwidth leeching, Leech (disambiguation) 
In computing and specifically Internet, a leech is one who benefits, usually deliberately, from others' information or effort but does not offer… 
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2012
Highly Cited
2012
Responses of bloom forming and non-bloom forming macroalgae to nutrient enrichment in Hawai'i, USA
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Public and private BitTorrent communities: a measurement study
BitTorrent communities, both public and private, are immensely popular in the Internet, with tens of millions of users… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
A Systematic Study on Peer-to-Peer Botnets
Botnet" is a network of computers that are compro- mised and controlled by an attacker. Botnets are one of the most serious… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Peer-Assisted File Distribution: The Minimum Distribution Time
With the emergence of BitTorrent, Swarm-cast, and CDNs, peer-assisted file distribution has become a prominent Internet… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Picking Virtual Pockets using Relay Attacks on Contactless Smartcard
A contactless smartcard is a smartcard that can communicate with other devices without any physical connection, using Radio… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Phylogenetic evaluation of systematics and biogeography of the leech family Glossiphoniidae
The phylogenetic relationships of Glossiphoniidae, a leech family characterised by its high degree of parental care, were… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Public Opinion Surveys and the Formation of Privacy Policy
The laws that condition the boundaries that separate the public from the private spheres shape our expectations of privacy… 
2003
2003
The Feeding Strategies of the Leech Erpobdella octoculata (L.): A Laboratory Study
The feeding behaviour of the freshwater leech Erpobdella octoculata was analysed by exposing potential invertebrate and… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Explaining cross-cultural pragmatic findings: moving from politeness maxims to sociopragmatic interactional principles (SIPs)
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
The computer learner corpus: a versatile new source of data for SLA research
Since making its first appearance in the 1960s, the computer corpus has infiltrated all fields of language-related research, from… 
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