(1) A communications network that uses dedicated servers. In this context, the term is used to contrast it with a peer-to-peer network, which allows any client to also be a server. (2) A network that ...

Have you ever pondered how a simple link travels from your device to someone who’s just a table’s width away? As soon as you hit 'send,' your message starts its race through high-capacity data ...

It took a boom and a bust to do it, but peer-to-peer technology is finding its post-Napster place in the world. Like the Internet itself, peer to peer is settling into a second, more prosaic stage ...