Define the word network"network" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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]
"network" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
network \net"work`\, v. t.
To connect together into a network; as, to network computers;
to network the printer with computers.
[PJC]
"Network" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
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]
"network" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
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"
"network" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "network":
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
"network" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
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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