Glossary of Data Communications Terms

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Term: peer-to-peer
Definition: The communication between two network entities considered to be of equal stature; the designation for a local area network in which the resources of some or all the connected machines may be shared; in IBM's SNA, SNA LUs that are not managed by a host. Commonly used when referring to LU 6.2 nodes.

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