Tom Pepper
Encyclopedia
Tom Pepper is a computer programmer best known for his collaboration with Justin Frankel
on the invention of the Gnutella
peer-to-peer
system. He and Frankel co-founded Nullsoft
, whose most popular program is Winamp
, which was sold to AOL
in May 1999. Afterwards, Tom worked inside of AOL
as the manager of SHOUTcast
, a leading internet streaming audio service, and wrote the software along with Stephen 'Tag Loomis and Justin Frankel, before leaving in October, 2004. Tom then worked on development at RAZZ, Inc.. He continues to collaborate with Frankel on independent projects like Ninjam
.
Pepper is currently the Chief Technology Officer of local food logistics startup FarmsReach.
Justin Frankel
Justin Frankel is an American computer programmer best known for his work on the Winamp media player application and for inventing the gnutella peer-to-peer network...
on the invention of the Gnutella
Gnutella
Gnutella is a large peer-to-peer network which, at the time of its creation, was the first decentralized peer-to-peer network of its kind, leading to other, later networks adopting the model...
peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
system. He and Frankel co-founded Nullsoft
Nullsoft
Nullsoft, Inc. is a software house founded in Sedona, Arizona in 1997 by Justin Frankel. Its most known products include the Winamp media player and the SHOUTcast MP3 streaming media server. In recent years, their open source installer system, NSIS, has also risen in popularity as a widely used...
, whose most popular program is Winamp
Winamp
Winamp is a media player for Windows-based PCs and Android devices, written by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of AOL. It is proprietary freeware/shareware, multi-format, extensible with plug-ins and skins, and is noted for its graphical sound visualization, playlist, and media library features.Winamp...
, which was sold to AOL
AOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
in May 1999. Afterwards, Tom worked inside of AOL
AOL
AOL Inc. is an American global Internet services and media company. AOL is headquartered at 770 Broadway in New York. Founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation, it has franchised its services to companies in several nations around the world or set up international versions of its services...
as the manager of SHOUTcast
SHOUTcast
SHOUTcast is cross-platform proprietary software for streaming media over the Internet. The software, developed by Nullsoft , allows digital audio content, primarily in MP3 or HE-AAC format, to be broadcast to and from media player software, enabling the creation of Internet radio "stations"...
, a leading internet streaming audio service, and wrote the software along with Stephen 'Tag Loomis and Justin Frankel, before leaving in October, 2004. Tom then worked on development at RAZZ, Inc.. He continues to collaborate with Frankel on independent projects like Ninjam
Ninjam
NINJAM stands for Novel Intervallic Network Jamming Architecture for Music.Creating music naturally relies on players' ability to keep time with each other. Latency between players causes natural time keeping to be thrown awry...
.
Pepper is currently the Chief Technology Officer of local food logistics startup FarmsReach.
See also
- WASTEWASTEWASTE is a peer-to-peer and friend-to-friend protocol and software application developed by Justin Frankel at Nullsoft in 2003 that features instant messaging, chat rooms and file browsing/sharing capabilities. The name WASTE is a reference to Thomas Pynchon's novel The Crying of Lot 49. In the...
- Friend-to-friendFriend-to-friendA friend-to-friend computer network is a type of peer-to-peer network in which users only make direct connections with people they know. Passwords or digital signatures can be used for authentication....
(F2F) - File sharingFile sharingFile sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digitally stored information, such as computer programs, multimedia , documents, or electronic books. It may be implemented through a variety of ways...
- Peer-to-peerPeer-to-peerPeer-to-peer computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads among peers. Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application...
(P2P) - GnutellaGnutellaGnutella is a large peer-to-peer network which, at the time of its creation, was the first decentralized peer-to-peer network of its kind, leading to other, later networks adopting the model...
- NullsoftNullsoftNullsoft, Inc. is a software house founded in Sedona, Arizona in 1997 by Justin Frankel. Its most known products include the Winamp media player and the SHOUTcast MP3 streaming media server. In recent years, their open source installer system, NSIS, has also risen in popularity as a widely used...
- Justin FrankelJustin FrankelJustin Frankel is an American computer programmer best known for his work on the Winamp media player application and for inventing the gnutella peer-to-peer network...