The Guide - The Glossary - Supernodes

Supernodes

Kazaa 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 users and where they are located. When you perform a search, your Kazaa 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 users, only through the files that have been indexed by the Supernodes to which you are connected.

Find out more about Supernodes.

Can't find that file - use the new search agent
Can't find that file? You can instruct Kazaa v’s new Search Agent to search every 30 minutes for up to 24 hours.

As long as the user sharing the file is still online when you return, you will be able to download the found file.