"peer-to-peer" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} peer-to-peer (not comparable)
  1. (of a social network of equal partners) Able to conduct business without using a middleman. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of a social network of equal partners able to conduct business without using a middleman): keskinäinen (Finnish), vertainen (Finnish), ერთთანრიგიანი (erttanrigiani) (Georgian), senza intermediari (Italian)
    Sense id: en-peer-to-peer-en-adj-L7tQ~Pql Disambiguation of 'of a social network of equal partners able to conduct business without using a middleman': 62 38
  2. (computing, of a network) Connected as equal partners and able to share processing, control and access to data and peripherals; decentralized. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: P2P Translations (of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners): vertaisverkko- (Finnish), ერთთანრიგიანი ქსელი (erttanrigiani kseli) (Georgian), διομότιμος (diomótimos) (Greek), ομότιμος (omótimos) (Greek), пи́ринговый (píringovyj) (Russian), децентрализо́ванный (decentralizóvannyj) (Russian), однора́нговый (odnorángovyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-peer-to-peer-en-adj-1EppCeNE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 19 81 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: peer-to-peer economy, peer-to-peer lending Related terms: one-to-one

Alternative forms

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