peer to peer

Peer-to-peer

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking activities among peers or a distributed application architecture that partitions capacity. Request colleagues equally privileged, equipotent participants. The centers set up a peer-to-peer network is called.

Co-hosted by servers or stable without the need for a central contact, such as directly available to other network participants, processing power, disk storage or network bandwidth, as these resources, a part of make. Colleagues only servers supply, and clients consume in contrast to the traditional client-server model, are both suppliers and consumers of resources. Peer-to-peer file sharing systems like Napster application structure was popular through. Concept in many areas of human interaction has inspired new structures and philosophies. Peer-to-peer networking technology are limited, but with a peer-to-peer dynamic social process is not over.

In such a context, social peer-to-peer processes are currently emerging in society.