ALL meanings of peer
peer
P p - noun Technical meaning of peer (networking) A unit of communications hardware or software that is on the same protocol layer of a network as another. A common way of viewing a communications link is as two protocol stacks, which are actually connected only at the very lowest (physical) layer, but can be regarded as being connected at each higher layer by virtue of the services provided by the lower layers. Peer-to-peer communication refers to these real or virtual connections between corresponding systems in each layer. To give a simple example, when two people talk to each other, the lowest layer is the physical layer which concerns the sound pressure waves travelling from mouth to ear (so mouths and ears are peers) the next layer might be the speech and hearing centres in the people's brains and the top layer their cerebellums or minds. Although, barring telepathy, nothing passes directly between the two minds, there is a peer-to-peer communication between them. 1
- noun peer friend, colleague, etc. 1
- noun peer member of British nobility 1
- noun peer jury member 1
- intransitive verb peer look 1
- intransitive verb peer peep out 1
- noun peer a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers. 1
- noun peer a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status. 1
- noun peer something of equal worth or quality: a sky-scraper without peer. 1
- noun peer a nobleman. 1
- noun peer a member of any of the five degrees of the nobility in Great Britain and Ireland (duke, marquis, earl, viscount, and baron). 1
- noun peer Archaic. a companion. 1
- verb without object peer to look narrowly or searchingly, as in the effort to discern clearly. 1
- verb without object peer to peep out or appear slightly. 1
- verb without object peer to come into view. 1
- verb peer If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly. 0
- countable noun peer In Britain, a peer is a member of the nobility who has or had the right to vote in the House of Lords. 0
- countable noun peer Your peers are the people who are the same age as you or who have the same status as you. 0
- noun peer a member of a nobility; nobleman 0
- noun peer a person who holds any of the five grades of the British nobility: duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron 0
- noun peer a person who is an equal in social standing, rank, age, etc 0
- noun peer (as modifier) 0
- noun peer a companion; mate 0
- verb peer to look intently with or as if with difficulty 0
- verb peer to appear partially or dimly 0
- noun peer a person or thing of the same rank, value, quality, ability, etc.; equal; specif., an equal before the law 0
- noun peer a noble; esp., a British duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron 0
- verb transitive peer to match or equal 0
- intransitive verb peer to look closely and searchingly, or squint, as in trying to see more clearly 0
- intransitive verb peer to come out or show slightly; come partly into sight 0
- intransitive verb peer to appear 0