"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-tgARdbvW Disambiguation of 'of a social network of equal partners able to conduct business without using a middleman': 87 13
  2. (computing) Of a network of two or more computers: connected as equal partners and able to share processing, control and access to data and peripherals. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Computing 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-rtTggjYe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 32 68 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 74 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners': 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: P2P [abbreviation] Derived forms: peer-to-peer economy, peer-to-peer lending Related terms: one-to-one

Alternative forms

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