peer network
- socialConcerning community life
- connectionA joining or relation
- friendsVoluntary close relations
- groupAssembled collection of things
- sharingDividing among others
file · torrent · decentralized · nodes · equals · colleagues · classmates · support · mesh · distributed · influence · pressure · community · cluster · swarm · linked · trust · collaboration
- decentralizationdecentralized, distribute, spread, disperse, scatter
- educational networksschool district, university system, PBS, Khan Academy, Coursera
- intellectual gatheringssalon, symposium, colloquium, seminar, forum
- partnershipspartnership, business partnership, alliance, joint venture, joint ventures
hierarchical structure
peer networkhierarchy
Ranked authority structure
chain of command · command structure · pecking order · bureaucracy · tiered system
isolation vs. connection
peer networkisolation
Complete separation from others
social isolation · solitude · disconnection · atomization · individualism