peer-to-peer network

American  

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

noun

plural

peer-to-peer networks

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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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

Clayton explains cumbia as a real world peer-to-peer network, embedded in working-class Hispanic communities in the US and Latin America alike, mutating the sound every time it moves.

From The Guardian • Sep. 1, 2016

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

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