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Peer-to-peer describes a computer system where the machines talk to each other as equals. There is no one main computer — a server — that all the others must obey. Each machine can share files or work with the others directly. IT people it to P2P.
Peer-to-peer describes a computer systempeer-to-peer形容的是一種電腦系統 where the machines talk to each other as equals裡面的機器彼此是平等地溝通。There is no one main computer — a server沒有一台主要的電腦也就是伺服器 that all the others must obey是其他機器都得聽命的。Each machine can share files or work with the others directly每台機器可以直接分享檔案或跟其他機器合作。IT people shorten it to P2PIT人士會簡稱P2P
The use meet first is file-sharing: songs, films, or software moving from one person’s computer to another. News and finance also talk about peer-to-peer lending: people lending money to people, with no bank sitting in the middle. It is technical language that leaked into ordinary news.
The use learners meet first is file-sharing學習者最先接觸到的用法是file-sharing（檔案分享）: songs, films, or software moving from one person's computer to another歌曲、電影或軟體從一個人的電腦傳到另一個人的電腦。News and finance also talk about peer-to-peer lending新聞和金融也會談到peer-to-peer lending（P2P借貸）: people lending money to people人借錢給人, with no bank sitting in the middle中間沒有銀行介入。It is technical language that leaked into ordinary news這是滲透進一般新聞裡的專業術語
Though actually, peer here does not mean “look”. A peer is someone of the same rank. The computers are peers: none is the boss. People stretch it to any setup where equals deal with equals, not only computers.
Though actually不過實際上, peer here does not mean "look"這裡的peer不是「看」的意思。A peer is someone of the same rankpeer指的是跟你同等級的人。The computers are peers這些電腦就是peers（平輩、對等的一方）: none is the boss沒有誰是老大。People stretch it to any setup大家把這個詞延伸用到任何情況 where equals deal with equals只要是對等的雙方彼此往來, not only computers不只限於電腦
組成peer（地位同等的人；這裡是同等的電腦）+ to + peer。中間的連字號把兩邊連成一個形容詞。
同家族的字
- peeran equal — someone, or here a computer, of the same standing, not the verb meaning to look
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
peer-to-peeradj
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Able to conduct business without using a middleman.
- Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend.
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computingengineeringmathematicsConnected as equal partners and able to share processing, control and access to data and peripherals; decentralized.
- With the peer-to-peer backup paradigm, each file is copied over to another peer in the system rather than to a central backup site.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。