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peer-to-peer

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: P IH1 R T UW0 P IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Able to conduct business without using a middleman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adj

Meaning 2

Connected as equal partners and able to share processing, control and access to data and peripherals; decentralized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: P2P

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: keskinäinen — of a social network of equal partners able to conduct business without using a middleman
  • Finnish: vertainen — of a social network of equal partners able to conduct business without using a middleman
  • Georgian: ერთთანრიგიანი (erttanrigiani) — of a social network of equal partners able to conduct business without using a middleman
  • Italian: senza intermediari — of a social network of equal partners able to conduct business without using a middleman
  • Bulgarian: равноправен (ravnopraven) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Bulgarian: децентрализиран (decentraliziran) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Bulgarian: еднорангов (ednorangov) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Finnish: vertaisverkko- — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Georgian: ერთთანრიგიანი ქსელი (erttanrigiani kseli) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Greek: διομότιμος (diomótimos) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Greek: ομότιμος (omótimos) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Russian: пи́ринговый (píringovyj) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Russian: децентрализо́ванный (decentralizóvannyj) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
  • Russian: однора́нговый (odnorángovyj) — of a network of two or more computers connected as equal partners
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