Glossary of Data Communications TermsCourtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc. |
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. |