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


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