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A peer group is a group of people of approximately the same age, social status, and interests. Some peer groups are socialized by the streets rather than by their families or conventional institutions. They define themselves as a gang.

In Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Architecture, a peer group is a group of functional units in a given layer of a network in which all the functions performed by the functional units extend throughout the system at the same layer.

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Peer-to-peerGenerally, a peer-to-peer (or P2P computer network is any network that does not rely on dedicated servers for communication but instead mostly uses direct connections between clients (peers). A pure peer-to-peer network does not have the notion of clients	Peer reviewPeer review (known as refereeing in some academic fields) is a scholarly process used in the publication of manuscripts and in the awarding of funding for research. Publishers and funding agencies use peer review to select and to screen submissions. The p	PeeringPeering is the practice of exchanging Internet traffic with peers. It involves three elements: the physical interconnection of the networks, technical liaison between the networks to allow exchange of routes, and the commercial and contractual peering agr
PeerageThe Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. The term can be used to refer to the entire body of titles in a collective sense, or to a specific title. All British honours,	Peer pressurePeer pressure comprises a set of group dynamics whereby a group in which one feels comfortable may override personal habits, individual moral inhibitions or idiosyncratic desires to impose a group norm of attitudes and/or behaviors. Popular usage associat	PeerA peer is a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person. See also peer group. A peer is also a member of the peerage, or nobility, in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron. A simila
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