- involving direct contact or exchange between individuals of a similar rank or position; person-to-person: Studies have shown that peer-to-peer tutoring increases student performance across a range of subjects.Abbreviation: P2P
- describing a computer network in which each node has the capacity to act as a server for all other nodes, allowing the exchange of information without a centralized server. Abbreviation: P2P
- (of a computer network) designed so that computers can send information directly to one another without passing through a centralized server
