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Explain the differences between client-server and peer-to-peer networking [4 marks]

Client-Server handles machines as either clients or servers whereas peer-to-peer sees every device as equal/having equal status, meaning instead of the few server having to handle requests from the clients, in peer-to-peer every machine instead requests services from other machines.

Maintenance of a peer-to-peer network is much more difficult than of client-server networks