063. OCR A Level (H046-H446) SLR11 – 1.3 Client server & peer to peer

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About this video

OCR Specification Reference
AS Level 1.3.2c
A Level 1.3.3e

In this video we look at two major categories of network models: Client-server and Peer-to-peer, and we discuss their main differences.

Key question:

- What is the difference between a client-server and peer-to-peer network topology?

00:00 Client-server and peer-to-peer
00:08 Intro
00:13 Client-server model
00:39 Client-server model: Advantages and disadvantages
01:25 Peer-to-peer model
01:55 Peer-to-peer model: Advantages and disadvantages
02:32 Key question
02:43 Outro

Last updated: 22.05.26

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• SLR 11 – Networks