A network allows computers running the same networking program to nonnect with each other and access files stored on each other's hard drives.

"Peer-to-peer" is the correct answer for the above question.

Explanation:

A peer-to-peer network is a network architecture where the connected computer behaves like the server and the client itself. Any computer can behave like a server or like clients at any time.This is a network that is different from the client-server model and can be connected and allows to share one another hardware resource.The above question asked about the network architecture which is used to allow to share the hardware resources of one another's computers. The network architecture is a Peer-to-peer network.

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