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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-network.ogg


Etymology

net + work

Noun

  1. A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals.
  2. Any interconnected group or system
  3. :A network of roads crisscrossed the country.
  4. A directory of people maintained for their advancement
  5. :To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.
  6. Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information
  7. :The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.


Derived terms


Translations

  • Czech: {{t-|cs|síť|f}}
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|編み目|tr=amime|sc=Jpan}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|сеть|f|tr=s'et'|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Dutch: netwerk
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|網|tr=mō|sc=Jpan}}, {{t-|ja|系統|tr=kētō|sc=Jpan}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|сеть|f|tr=s'et'|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|人脈|tr=jinmyaku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|связи|f|p|tr=sv'ázi|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|síť|f}}
  • Dutch: meerdere computers en andere apparaten die met elkaar zijn verbonden
  • Finnish:
  • Japanese: {{t+|ja|ネットワーク|tr=nettowāku|sc=Jpan}}
  • Russian: {{t|ru|сеть|f|tr=s'et'|sc=Cyrl}}

Verb

  1. To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement
  2. :Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.
  3. To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices
  4. :If we network his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files.
  5. To interconnect a group or system


Translations

  • Finnish: ,
  • French: établir un réseau de contacts
  • German: sich vernetzen
  • Finnish:
  • German:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|ネットに接続する|tr=netto ni setsuzoku suru|sc=Jpan}}
  • Finnish:
  • German:
  • Japanese: {{t|ja|系統を組む|tr=kētō wo kumu|sc=Jpan}}
  • : mettre en réseau (1), construire un réseau, diffuser sur l'ensemble du réseau, relier (par le réseau) (1), parcourir

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English network \net"work`\, v. i.
To take steps to make and cultivate the acquaintance of
people who can be helpful to oneself, especially in finding
new employment, advancing to a higher position in one's
occupation, or exchanging information.
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English network \net"work`\, v. t.
To connect together into a network; as, to network computers;
to network the printer with computers.
[PJC]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Network \Net"work`\, n.
1. A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other
at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the
crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.
[1913 Webster]

2. Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing
like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a
network of railroads.
[1913 Webster]

3. Hence: (Computers) A system of computers linked together
by communications channels allowing the exchange of data
between the linked computers.
[PJC]

4. (Radio, Television) A group of transmitting stations
connected by communications channels that permit the same
program to be broadcast simultaneously from multiple
stations over a very wide area; as, the CBS television
network; also, the organization that controls the
programming that is broadcast over such a network.
Contrasted with a local station or local transmitter.
[PJC]

5. (Electricity, Electronics) Any arrangement of electrical
devices or elements connected together by conducting
wires; as, a power transmission network.
[PJC]

6. A group of buildings connected by means of transportation
and communication between them, and controlled by a
central organization for a common purpose; as, a book
distribution network.
[PJC]
WordNet network
n 1: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a
network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a
whole network of people who had been part of my life";
"tangled in a web of cloth" [syn: web]
2: (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group
of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same
programs; "the networks compete to broadcast important
sports events"
3: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at
regular intervals [syn: net, mesh, meshing, meshwork]
4: a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad
network"; "a network of canals"
5: (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic
components or circuits [syn: electronic network]
v : communicate with and within a group; "You have to network if
you want to get a good job"
Moby Dictionary
arabesque , arrangement , basketry , basketwork , cancellation ,
circuit , coast-to-coast hookup , complex , cross-hatching ,
crossing-out , filigree , fret , fretwork , grate , grating , grid ,
gridiron , grille , grillwork , hachure , hatching , hookup ,
interlacement , intertexture , intertwinement , jungle , labyrinth ,
lace , lacery , lacework , lacing , lattice , latticework , maze , mesh ,
meshes , meshwork , net , netting , organization , plexure , plexus ,
raddle , radio links , reticle , reticulation , reticule , reticulum ,
riddle , screen , screening , sieve , structure , system , tangle ,
texture , tissue , tracery , trellis , trelliswork , wattle , weave ,
weaving , web , webbing , webwork , weft , wicker , wickerwork


FOLDOC network

Hardware and software data communication systems.

The OSI seven layer model attempts to provide a way of
partitioning any computer network into independent modules
from the lowest (physical) layer to the highest (application)
layer. Many different specifications exist at each of these
layers.

Networks are often also classified according to their
geographical extent: local area network (LAN), {metropolitan
area network} (MAN), wide area network (WAN) and also
according to the protocols used.

See BITNET, Ethernet, Internet, Novell, PSTN,
network, the.

[Tanenbaum, A., "Computer Networks; 2nd ed.", Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.]

(1995-03-10)


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