(1) A network of computers configured to allow certain files and folders to be shared with everyone or with selected users. Peer-to-peer networks are quite common in small offices that do not use a ...

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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 ...

Professor Yochai Benkler is up at bat here @ ILAW, discussing peer-production of information goods. Yochai: What I want to do is talk about free software and more generally, the possibilities on the ...

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