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GCSE Computer Science · key term
A computer in a peer-to-peer network that can both request resources from other computers and provide resources to them.
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Paper 1
Revise: Client-Server and Peer-to-PeerClient-server and peer-to-peer are two different models. These labels describe computer roles, not the geographical area covered by the network or the physical arrangement of its connections. A school LAN, for example, can use a client-server model.
Compare roles directly: a client requests services from a server, whereas a peer can both request and provide resources.
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