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Communications in which both sides have equal responsibility for initiating, maintaining and terminating the session. Contrast with "master-slave communications," in which the host determines which ...

A protocol at the same protocol layer; for example, a layer 2 protocol talking to another layer 2 protocol, layer 3 with layer 3, etc. See also peer-to-peer communications and peer-to-peer network.