Peer is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg. On January 1st, 2004 Peer had a total population of 15,607 (7,932 males and 7,675 females). The total area is 86.95 kmē which gives a population density of 179.49 inhabitants per kmē.
In computer networking, a peer is a networking endpoint that participates both as client and server. In peer-to-peer networking, this implies that the networking endpoint both hosts and transmits/processes data.
Peer (short for peer-e-tariqat, or "leader of the order") is also the title given to the head of Sufi orders.
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Peering allows two providers exchanging large volumes of traffic to save money by connecting directly, rather than routing traffic through their paid transit lines.
Peering arrangements are often "settlement free," but not always, according to Guarnieri.
If both providers find that peering is in their interest, there is the question of how to connect, and how much it will cost.
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