network

Any interconnected group or system.

Noun

  1. Any interconnected group or system.
    • A network of roads crisscrossed the country.
    • The many species that live in the forest canopy constitute a network of life via their complex interactions.

    1. A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.

      • To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.
      • For people with mental health challenges, having a support network of family and friends can improve the chances of maintaining successful mental health care.

    2. (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.

      • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xi TV back then was five channels (three networks, PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), […]

    3. (computing, Internet) A computer 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.
  2. A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
    • He wore a mantle of network. - 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 287:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English network From net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses. Cognate with German Netzwerk.

Forms

networks

Hyponyms

cellular network computer network default mode network dumb network echo state network economic network e-network filtered-popping recursive transition network Hopfield network Kohonen network local area network low network mesh network metropolitan area network mission-critical network mobile network mobile telephone network neural network onion network personal area network social network storage area network telephone network television network

Related

chainwork knitwork lacework needlework

Derived

affiliate network Bayesian network bionetwork co-occurrence network cybernetwork Elman network Feistel network fragnet generative adversarial network good old boy network hypernetwork integrated services digital network internetwork intranetwork Jordan network logistics network mesonet mesonetwork metanetwork micronetwork mobile virtual network operator multinetwork nanonetwork networkability

Verb

  1. To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
    • Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.
  2. 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.
  3. To interconnect a group or system.
  4. To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.

Forms

networks networking networked