| a) one-to-one - standard client-server based solitary surfing |
| b) one-to-many - webcast, useful e.g. for distance education or training |
| c) many-to-one - e.g. a report form a team of intelligent agents, employed in some websearch task |
| d) many-to-many-direct - a real-time collaboratory such as MOO or chat spaces |
| e) many-to-many-moderated - bridge based shared spaces such as in web based telemedicine with intelligent middleware switch/moderator |
| f) synchronized many to many - a cluster management circuit, running continuously in the background to monitor connectivity and resource utilization of individual servers. |
| (see manufacture of aircraft by distributed company) |
