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  2. Skype - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype

    Skype was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennström, from Sweden, and Janus Friis, from Denmark. [15] The software was created by Estonians Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu, Jaan Tallinn, and Toivo Annus. [16] Friis and Annus are credited with the idea of reducing the cost of voice calls by using a P2P protocol like that of Kazaa. [17]

  3. Snowflake ID - Wikipedia

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    Snowflake IDs, or snowflakes, are a form of unique identifier used in distributed computing. The format was created by Twitter (now X) and is used for the IDs of tweets. It is popularly believed that every snowflake has a unique structure, so they took the name "snowflake ID". The format has been adopted by other companies, including Discord ...

  4. Denial-of-service attack - Wikipedia

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    Note how multiple computers are attacking a single computer. In computing, a denial-of-service attack ( DoS attack) is a cyber-attack in which the perpetrator seeks to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by temporarily or indefinitely disrupting services of a host connected to a network.

  5. Internet censorship in Iran - Wikipedia

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    The government's censorship techniques has led to internet in Iran being among the worst worldwide, according to a report by the Tehran Electronic Commerce Association (TECA). The report noted the effect of new filtering equipment within the domestic network, which causes functional disruptions and processor saturation.

  6. Wikipedia:IP edits are not anonymous - Wikipedia

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    Second-class treatment of IP address editors. Some registered Wikipedia editors and administrators treat IP address editors as (at best) unwelcome party-crashers or as potential vandals. Some ignore the opinions or revert the edits of IP address editors simply because they are "anonymous". There is no Wikipedia policy which supports this ...

  7. Comparison of VoIP software - Wikipedia

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    This is a comparison of voice over IP (VoIP) software used to conduct telephone-like voice conversations across Internet Protocol (IP) based networks. For residential markets, voice over IP phone service is often cheaper than traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) service and can remove geographic restrictions to telephone numbers, e.g., have a PSTN phone number in a New York ...

  8. Template:IP address - Wikipedia

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    Template:IPaddr, formatted IP address in mainspace articles. The above documentation is transcluded from Template:IP address/doc. ( edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox ( edit | diff) and testcases ( create) pages. Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.

  9. Telegram (software) - Wikipedia

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    telegram .org. Telegram Messenger, commonly known as Telegram, is a cloud-based, cross-platform, encrypted instant messaging (IM) service. It was originally launched for iOS on 14 August 2013 and Android in October 2013.