What Does Peer Discovery Mean?
Peer discovery is the process of locating nodes or peers for data communication in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network. It is performed by a P2P client, which uses protocols and other network communication techniques to find peers within local and remote networks.
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Techopedia Explains Peer Discovery
Peer discovery is used to find peers that are available for data or file transfer in a P2P network. Such peers can be within a local network or on a remote network. Typically, P2P networks create an overlay logical network on top of a physical network. This logical network enables peer discovery and consists of all P2P network nodes.
Local peer discovery is a protocol used with the BitTorrent® file sharing/downloading client, which enables the discovery of other BitTorrent peers.
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