supernode

Any peer-to-peer network node that also serves as a proxy server.

Noun

  1. Any peer-to-peer network node that also serves as a proxy server.
  2. In nodal analysis: a combination of two nodes which are connected by a voltage source, allowing for the voltage of the nodes to be solved simultaneously without having to consider the unknown current between them.

Origin

From super- + node.

Forms

supernodes