network
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
network/ˈnetwɜːk/
▶noun
- 1 an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines.
- 2 a group or system of interconnected people or things.
■ a complex system of railways, roads, etc.
■ a group of broadcasting stations that connect for the simultaneous broadcast of a programme.
■ a number of interconnected computers, machines, or operations.
■ a system of connected electrical conductors.
- 1 connect as or operate with a network.
■ Brit. broadcast on a network.
■ link (computers) to operate interactively.
- 2 (often as noun networking) interact with others to exchange information and develop useful contacts.
– derivatives
networkable adjective.
networkable adjective.
'network' also found in these Oxford entries:
anastomosis
- backbone
- bandwidth
- base station
- bit rate
- bot
- botnet
- browse
- bush telegraph
- capillary
- chat room
- choroid plexus
- client
- CNN
- complex
- connectionism
- craquelure
- craze
- cytoskeleton
- DDos
- distributed system
- domain name
- electronic
- email
- endoplasmic reticulum
- equalizer
- Ethernet
- e-zine
- feed
- firewall
- FTP
- graph paper
- graticule
- grid
- Haversian canal
- host
- hub
- information superhighway
- integrated services digital network
- Internet
- intranet
- ISDN
- isolate
- labyrinth
- LAN
- local area network
- lymphatic system
- maze
- megabit
- mesh
