<s>
In	O
peer-to-peer	O
networking	O
,	O
a	O
supernode	B-Protocol
is	O
any	O
node	B-Protocol
that	O
also	O
serves	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
that	O
network	O
's	O
relayers	O
and	O
proxy	B-Application
servers	I-Application
,	O
handling	O
data	O
flow	O
and	O
connections	O
for	O
other	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
semi-distributed	O
architecture	O
allows	O
data	O
to	O
be	O
decentralized	O
without	O
requiring	O
excessive	O
overhead	O
at	O
every	O
node	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
increased	O
workload	O
of	O
supernodes	B-Protocol
generally	O
requires	O
additional	O
network	O
bandwidth	O
and	O
central	B-General_Concept
processing	I-General_Concept
unit	I-General_Concept
(	O
CPU	O
)	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
