====== 2.2.2 Node Network View ======
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There are slightly different variations for the definitions of a [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:n:node_network|Node Network]], [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:n:node|Node]], [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:f:full| Full Node]], [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:l:light| Light Node]], and [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:m:miner]] depending on the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:d:dido_platform|DIDO Platform]].((
"What is a Bitcoin node?", Nate Eldredge, 14, December 2013, [[https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/18736/what-is-a-bitcoin-node]] 
))<sup>,</sup>(("What are Ethereum Nodes And Sharding?", Ameer Rosic, 2017, [[https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-are-ethereum-nodes-and-sharding/]]))<sup>,</sup>(("IOTA Full Node — That’s Why a Full Node Is Important for IOTA!", Marko Vidrih, February 2019, [[https://medium.com/altcoin-magazine/iota-full-node-thats-why-a-full-node-is-important-for-iota-1c46280d7712]]))<sup>,</sup>(( "Introduction to IPFS: Run Nodes on Your Network, with HTTP Gateways", Ross Bulat, 3 December 2018, [[https://medium.com/@rossbulat/introduction-to-ipfs-set-up-nodes-on-your-network-with-http-gateways-10e21ea689a4]] ))


  * The **Node Network** is a collection of interconnected computers communicating over a network of equally privileged computers (i.e., there are no central authoritative computers). The node network is sometimes referred to as a **peer-to-peer (P2P) network**. 

  * A **Node** is an individual computer that participates as an equal within the node network. A node is sometimes referred to as a **peer**. Nodes receive input, perform one or more operations on those inputs, and returns an output.
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<caption>Node Network of Nodes.
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  * [[dido:public:ra:1.2_views:2_tech_views:2-nodenet:2_net]]
  * [[dido:public:ra:1.2_views:2_tech_views:2-nodenet:2_node]]
  * [[dido:public:ra:1.2_views:2_tech_views:2-nodenet:3_nodearch]]
  * [[dido:public:ra:1.2_views:2_tech_views:2-nodenet:4_msg]]

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