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- adjective of a social network of
equal partners able to conduct business without using amiddle man - adjective computing of a
network of two or morecomputers connected asequal partners and able toshare processing ,control andaccess todata andperipherals
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Examples
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The technology which underlies many of his companies is known as "peer-to-peer."
Tech's Top 25 2011
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Cyberlockers emerged as a big new source of piracy as an older technology, called peer-to-peer file sharing, has slowed down.
U.S. Shuts Offshore File-Share 'Locker' Geoffrey A. Fowler 2012
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Facebook's video chat feature taps into Skype's communications network, which uses what the industry calls peer-to-peer technology to exchange data over the Internet between computers and mobile devices.
Facebook Dials Up Skype Shayndi Raice 2011
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Meanwhile, so-called peer-to-peer lending sites Prosper and Lending Club say demand for home-related financing is on the rise.
Home Bargains Abound, But Willing Lenders Are Rare Breed AnnaMaria Andriotis 2011
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"Our client has retained forensic computer analysts to search for and identify internet addresses from which their copyright works are being made available on so-called peer-to-peer programs."
BBC News - Home 2011
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Instead of uploading music to central servers, the newer services helped users find and download music directly from other users’ computers–dubbed peer-to-peer, or P2P, file sharing–and so claimed to have no role in any illegal copying.
Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010
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Instead of uploading music to central servers, the newer services helped users find and download music directly from other users’ computers–dubbed peer-to-peer, or P2P, file sharing–and so claimed to have no role in any illegal copying.
Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010
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Instead of uploading music to central servers, the newer services helped users find and download music directly from other users’ computers–dubbed peer-to-peer, or P2P, file sharing–and so claimed to have no role in any illegal copying.
Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010
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Instead of uploading music to central servers, the newer services helped users find and download music directly from other users’ computers–dubbed peer-to-peer, or P2P, file sharing–and so claimed to have no role in any illegal copying.
Fortune’s Fool Fred Goodman 2010
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Echoing complaints from India, Dubai, and the United Arab Emirates, the FBI said it needed access to keys used in encrypted messages and that peer-to-peer architectures such as Skype needed to be rearchitected for wiretapping.
Susan Landau: Getting Wiretapping Right Susan Landau 2011
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