Simply put, it's when two computers communicate directly with each other. With a web browser, there are MANY computers acting as clients that are communicating with the web server. Peer-to-peer is a more of a one to one relationship, with the two computers acting as both client AND server. Napster is an example of a peer-to-peer system, although it is an example of a many-to-many relationship.
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