FastTrack is a peer-to-peer protocol, used by the Kazaa (and variants, Grokster and iMesh) file sharing programs. The file sharing application Morpheus originally utilised this network, but was later banished from it.

In 2003, the FastTrack was the most popular file sharing network, being mainly used for the exchange of music mp3 files. Popular features of FastTrack are the ability to resume interrupted downloads and to simultaneously download segments of one file from multiple peers.

The network has approximately 2.4 million concurrent users ^*. It is estimated that the total number of users is greater than that of Napster at its peak.

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