Dictionary Definition
network
Noun
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"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals.
- Any interconnected group or
system
- A network of roads crisscrossed the country.
- A directory of
people maintained for their advancement
- To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.
- Multiple computers
and other devices
connected together to share information
- The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.
Derived terms
Translations
fabric or structure of fibrous elements
- Czech: síť
- Finnish: verkko
- Japanese: 編み目
- Russian: сеть
interconnected group or system
- Dutch: netwerk
- Finnish: verkko
- Japanese: 網, 系統
- Russian: сеть
directory of people
- Finnish: verkosto
- Japanese: 人脈
- Russian: связи
multiple computers and other devices connected
together
- Czech: síť
- Dutch: meerdere computers en andere apparaten die met elkaar zijn verbonden
- Finnish: verkko
- Japanese: ネットワーク
- Russian: сеть
- ttbc Arabic: شبكة
- ttbc Bosnian: mreža (1,2)
- ttbc Catalan: xarxa
- ttbc Chinese (Mandarin) 网状系统 (wang3zhuang4 xi4tong3)(of roads, veins),网 (wang3) (TV, radio)
- ttbc Croatian: mreža (1,2)
- ttbc Danish: netværk
- ttbc French: réseau
- ttbc German: Netzwerk
- ttbc Greek: δίκτυο
- ttbc Hebrew: רשת
- ttbc Hungarian: hálózat
- ttbc Indonesian: network, jaringan
- ttbc Malay: rangkaian
- ttbc Norwegian: nettverk
- ttbc Polish: sieć
- ttbc Portuguese: rede
- ttbc Romanian: reţea
- ttbc Serbian:
- ttbc Spanish: red
- ttbc Swedish: ett nätverk (1,2)
- ttbc Thai: เครือข่าย
- ttbc Turkish: Ağ
- ttbc Ukrainian: мережа
Verb
- To interact
socially for the purpose
of getting connections or personal advancement
- Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.
- To connect two or more computers or other computerized
devices
- If we network his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files.
- To interconnect a group or system
Translations
interact socially
- Finnish: verkottua, verkostoitua
- French: établir un réseau de contacts
- German: sich vernetzen
to connect two or more computers or other
computerized devices
- Finnish: verkottaa
- German: vernetzen
- Japanese: ネットに接続する
to interconnect a group or system
- Finnish: verkottaa
- German: vernetzen
- Japanese: 系統を組む
Extensive Definition
In general, the term network can refer to any
interconnected group or system. More specifically, a network is any
method of sharing information between two systems (human or
mechanical). It can also mean (see
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn):
- 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 ...
- (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"
- (from net) An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
- A system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"
- Communication with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
- (electronics) A system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
Network may refer to:
Human network
Technology
- Electrical network, a network of electrical components
- Computer
network, a network of computers
- Computer networking, the scientific and engineering discipline concerned with this kind of network
- Network model, a database model
- Telecommunications network, a network of telecommunications links
- Energy transmission and distribution networks
- Electric power transmission network, a network of conduits for bulk transmission of electric power
- Electricity distribution network, a network of conduits for delivery or short-haul transmission of electric power
- Pipeline transport network, a network of pipes for transmission of gases, usually natural gas
- Gas distribution network, a network of pipes for delivery of gases, usually natural gas or, formerly, town gas
- Network Systems system network, a system of combined networks of main systems
- electrial closed circuit the ckt which is having a closed current path.
- open ckt the ckt which doesnot have closed path for flow of electric charge.
Science, mathematics, and engineering
- Network theory, the applied mathematics counterpart of graph theory, especially in combinatorial optimization
- Flow network, an assignment of flow to the edges of a directed graph where each edge has a capacity
- Network (mathematics), a type of digraph in graph theory
- Neural network, an interconnected group of biological neurons
- Artificial neural network, an interconnected group of artificial neurons
- Gene regulatory network, a directed graph representation of the regulation of gene expression
- Signal transduction network, a directed graph representation for proteins and other biomolecules involved in Signal transduction
- Cell Signaling Networks
- Protein-protein interaction network (or Interactome graph), an undirected graph representing possible interactions between each pair of proteins in a proteome
- Co-occurrence networks linking pairs of terms based on their mutual inclusion within a text (e.g. PubGene).
Other
- Network (film), a 1976 Oscar winning and critically acclaimed Hollywood movie starring Peter Finch
- Transport network, facilities on which people and goods move
- Spatial network, urban networks or networks of rooms within buildings
- Network effect, a characteristic that causes a good or service to have a value to a potential customer dependent on the number of customers already owning that good or using that service
- NETWORK (Catholic Lobby), a national Catholic social justice lobbying group based in Washington, DC.
network in Arabic: شبكة
network in Danish: Netværk
network in German: Netzwerk
(Begriffsklärung)
network in Spanish: Red
network in Persian: شبکه
network in French: Réseau
network in Korean: 네트워크
network in Italian: Rete
network in Latin: Rete
network in Dutch: Netwerk
network in Japanese: ネットワーク
network in Norwegian: Nettverk
network in Low German: Nettwark
network in Polish: Sieć
network in Portuguese: Rede
network in Simple English: Network
network in Slovak: Sieť
network in Finnish: Verkosto
network in Turkish: Ağ
network in Chinese: 网络
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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