P2P
Speech parts
1. P2P - Noun
2. P2P - Adjective
Meaning
P2P
(chemistry) phenyl-2-propanone (phenylacetone)
(networking) Initialism of peer-to-peer.
(online gaming) Initialism of pay-to-play.
Initialism of pulled-to-publish.
(politics) Initialism of people-to-people (relations).
(Philippines, transport) Initialism of point-to-point.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
Although these cracks are used by legal buyers of software, they can also be used by people who have downloaded or otherwise obtained unauthorized copies (often through P2P networks).
Although a Web site distributing the album was quickly shut down, it soon reached P2P networks and was downloaded by fans.
Clearly Boeing is betting big on hypersonic P2P and they're in a better position to capitalize on it with significantly fewer risks of reaching that point.
Furthermore, port preservation in NAT for TCP allows P2P protocols to offer less complexity and less latency because there is no need to use a third party (like STUN) to discover the NAT port since the application itself already knows the NAT port.
As a P2P sharing network becomes larger the gratification of being rewarded on a global public forum would compete with a patent.
Blocking certain IPs has become commonplace and even considered essential in P2P filesharing.