peer-to-peer network

American  

[peer-tuh-peer net-wurk] / ˈpɪər təˈpɪər ˈnɛtˌwɜrk /

noun

peer-to-peer networks plural

1. Computers. a network in which each node has the capacity to act as a server for other nodes, allowing the exchange of information without a centralized server.

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peer-to-peer network Scientific  

/ pîr′tə-pîr′ /

1. A network of personal computers, each of which acts as both client and sever, so that each can exchange files and email directly with every other computer on the network. Each computer can access any of the others, although access can be restricted to those files that a computer's user chooses to make available. Peer-to-peer networks are less expensive than client/server networks but less efficient when large amounts of data need to be exchanged.

2. Compare client/server network

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Inflected Forms

noun

• peer-to-peer networks
  plural

Example Sentences

By finding connections across geographically dispersed community conversations, local news organizations could weave together a new kind of peer-to-peer network grounded in local voices.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2022

People and companies help verify each transaction that gets added to the blockchain using their own computer’s processing power on a decentralized peer-to-peer network.

From Fox News • Nov. 20, 2021

Another option is Dat, a free peer-to-peer network for sharing and versioning files of any size.

From Nature • Jan. 12, 2020

Nonetheless, he says, Boback called him in just before Tiversa issued Daugherty the cease-and-desist letter, asking him to make it appear as if the LabMD file had spread across the peer-to-peer network.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 28, 2019

What is a poor peer-to-peer network to do?

From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by Boyle, James