- Peer
Peer may refer to: A member of the peerage , a system of honours or nobility in various countries; A variant of the name Peter in …
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- Peer-to-peer
A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network uses diverse connectivity between participants in a network and the cumulative bandwidth of …
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- Peer review
Peer review (also known as refereeing) is the process of subjecting an author's scholarly work, research or idea s to the scrutiny of …
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- Peerage (redirect British Peer)
Members of a peer's family who are not themselves peers (including such members of the Royal Family ) are also commoners; the British …
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- Life peer
In the United Kingdom , life peers are created members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable …
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- Hereditary peer
Hereditary peers form part of the Peerage in the United Kingdom . There are over seven hundred peers who hold titles that may be …
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- Shahar Pe'er
Shahar Pe'er (Hebrew : שחר פאר shahar pe'er. ˈʃɑχɑʁ peˈʔer; ˈʃɑhɑr ˈpeɪər. in English; born May 1, 1987, Jerusalem , Israel ) is a 1.71 m (5' 7 …
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- House of Lords
Membership of the House of Lords was once a right of birth to hereditary peers , but following a series of reforms the House now consists …
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- Peerage of Ireland (redirect Irish peer)
The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those peers created by British monarchs in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland . …
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- Peerage of Scotland (redirect Scottish peers)
The Peerage of Scotland is the division of the British Peerage for those peers created in the Kingdom of Scotland before 1707. …
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- Peerage of the United Kingdom (section Lists of Peers)
New peers continued to be created in the Peerage of Ireland until the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922. The ranks of the peerage …
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- Peer pressure
Peer pressure refers to the influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her attitude s, value s, or …
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- Peering (redirect De-peer)
The phrase "settlement-free peering" is sometimes used to reflect this reality and unambiguously describe the pure cost-free peering …
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- Peerage of France (redirect Peer of France)
peers The title of "Peer of France" was an extraordinary honour granted only to few dukes, counts, and princes of the Roman Catholic Church. …
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- Peer group
A peer group is a group of approximately the same age, social status , and interests. equal in terms of power when they interact with peers. …
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- Peer, Belgium
Peer is a municipality located in the province of Limburg , Flemish Region , Belgium . On January 1 2006 Peer had a total population of …
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- Peerage of England
Until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 , all Peers of England could sit in the House of Lords (but Peeresses of England were …
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- Peerage of Great Britain
Until the passage of the House of Lords Act 1999 , all Peers of Great Britain could sit in the House of Lords. The ranks of the Great …
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- Members of the House of Lords (section Peers on leave of absence)
Peers on leave of absence : The Baroness Ashton of Upholland , Labour. The Lord Buxton of Alsa , Conservative. The Baroness Delacourt-Smith of …
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- Peer group (computer networking)
In computer networking , a peer group is a group of functional units in the same layer (see e.g. OSI model ) of a network, by analogy with …
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