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peer-to-peer network
/ î′tə-î′ /
- 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.
- Compare client/server network
Example Sentences
The FBI then tipped off Australian police about members of a peer-to-peer network in the country allegedly sharing child-abuse material on the dark web, AFP Commander Helen Schneider said during a news conference.
The malware was difficult to remove from infected computer systems, officials said, and the covert peer-to-peer network sliced and encrypted stolen data while stealthily routing it through “numerous relay nodes scattered around the world back to Turla operators in Russia” in a way that was hard to detect.
“A strictly peer-to-peer network in which our devices serve as social media servers and we are our own content moderators. This re-creates the standard human experience of interacting with those we like, in all the ways we like, but eliminates the for-profit business model, complete lack of control over personal data, and sociopathic billionaire aspects of current social media.”
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.
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.
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