What term describes a network where one computer can be both client and server?

• A. BYOD
• B. Quality of Service
• C. Peer-to-Peer
• D. Cloud

Answer: (C)

Peer-to-peer networking describes a setup where each computer can request services and also provide services to others, so a single machine can be both client and server. In this model there’s no dedicated central server; nodes share resources directly, and any node can offer files or services while also consuming them from others. This pattern shows up in file-sharing and distributed computing where participants contribute resources and retrieve them from peers.

BYOD, or Bring Your Own Device, is about devices owned by users connecting to the network, not how resources are shared between machines. Quality of Service focuses on prioritizing certain traffic types to meet performance goals, not the way devices assume client or server roles. Cloud refers to hosted resources and services managed by a provider, typically centralized, rather than the equal, distributed roles characteristic of peer-to-peer networks.