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Dropbox vs libev

A side-by-side look at Dropbox and libev. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Dropbox

Dropbox

File Sharing

Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox allows users to create a special folder on their computers, which Dropbox then synchronizes so that it appears to be the same folder (with the same contents) regardless of which device is used to view it.

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libev

libev

Development

libev is a high-performance event loop/event model library written in C. It allows asynchronous events and callbacks to be registered and handled efficiently in applications. libev supports various event notification interfaces like timers, signals, sockets, pipes, and more.

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