Channels
Channels are third-party web pages specially designed for viewing with Kazaa and Kazaa Plus, giving you direct access to downloads and information that may not be available via P2P Search.
To take a look at the available channels, click on the 'Channel Directory' in the Channels toolbar. Find out more about Channels.
Fallback URL
A fallback URL is the Internet address of the web server where a file is stored and can be downloaded from. If you place a file into the Magnet Link Builder, you will be asked to enter a Fallback URL. This is so that, if your file cannot be found via P2P, it will be served from the server URL as a fallback mechanism.
Integrity Rating
Every user is able to easily rate every file they share based on technical quality and accuracy of file data (metadata). This is called an Integrity Rating.The use of Integrity Ratings supports the spread of good quality, accurately represented files.
Kapsule
Kapsule files contain a collection of links to individual files. They have the file extension .p2p (e.g. KAPSULENAME.p2p). Find out more about Kapsules.
Metadata
Metadata is the data that describes a file. If you look for a file in , you can mouse over the file to see more information about it, such as file size, artist, publisher, etc.
Example of Metadata available
PeerPoints
PeerPoints Manager, provided by Altnet, is completely free and rewards you with PeerPoints for simply sharing files marked with Gold Icons that you've downloaded using - it's that simple. When a Gold Icon appears with a file, it signifies a high quality file brought to you from professional creators through Altnet's Top Search index in 's search results. Simply double-click or right-click and select 'Download' to request the file.
The more Gold Icon files you download, share and upload, the more you'll benefit from Altnet's PeerPoints Manager. If you decide to purchase a Gold Icon file, you may be rewarded with additional PeerPoints.
Once you've registered for PeerPoints Manager you will be rewarded with PeerPoints and you'll soon be able to redeem them for content and the chance to win some great prizes.
Read more about PeerPoints.
Premium Content
 Files marked with a Gold Icon are premium quality files bought to you from professional content creators via Altnet. All files marked with Gold Icons are digitally rights managed and are typically offered for use either on a free basis, or on a free-trial basis, before the file must be paid for.
 A Blue Icon identifies all other files found in users' shared folders.
uses peer-to-peer (P2P) technology. This means that individual users connect to each other directly, without need for a central point of management. All content found in search results is shared either by our premium content providers via Altnet, or by other users. You can use to promote and distribute files that you have created and own. Find out more from the 'Make it' section.
Skype
Skype software enables users to make PC to PC calls to Skype users for free using P2P technology.
Read more about the Skype feature.
Supernode
users with the fastest Internet connections and the most powerful computers are automatically designated as Supernodes. A Supernode contains a list of some of the files made available by other Kazaa and Kazaa Plus users and where they are located. When you perform a search, your first searches the nearest Supernode to you, and then sends you immediate results. This first Supernode then refers your search to other Supernodes and so on.
This process is designed to make searching as fast as possible and means that your computer will never search through all the files made available by Kazaa and Kazaa Plus users, only through the files that have been indexed by the Supernodes to which you are connected.
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