Thread: What is the major difference between a client/server network and a peer-to-peer network?
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To put simply? Server is as it suggests, a server loaded with files which the clients connect to. Peer to peer is where the users are connected between each other & sharing between, no server involved at all. Images top right of this page show the basic difference Peer-to-peer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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