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(1) A group of computers whereby each one can communicate with any other. See peer-to-peer network. (2) A network of computers that share the workload. A peer-to-peer network is a decentralized ...

Communications in which both sides have equal responsibility for initiating, maintaining and terminating the session. Contrast with "master-slave communications," in which the host determines which ...