network
IPA: nˈɛtwɝk
noun
- A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals.
- Any interconnected group or system
- A directory of people maintained for their advancement
- (broadcasting) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
- (computing, Internet) Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information
verb
- (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.
- (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.
- (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
- (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.
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Examples of "network" in Sentences
- In general, the term network can refer to any interconnected group or system.
- The term network cloud is a jargon coined by DoCoMo as I mentioned at the outset.
- Android EVO 4G runs on 3G & 4G network, iPhone runs only on 3G only, has ZEROOOO 4G and can't run on any 4G network at all.
- •CBS won't have new episodes of the former NBC stalwart Medium (10 ET/PT) until fall, but the network is already working repeats into its rotation.
- Economists use the term network effects to refer to the way the value of a product or service increases in tandem with the number of people who use it.
- The Suburban train network is being planned in conjunction with the route of the Metropolitan Ring Road and of the planned "bullet" train link between Mexico City and Guadalajara.
- The term network of positive force (bsod-nams-kyi tshogs, collection of merit) appears as a technical term only in reference to an enlightenment-building network of positive force, built up with bodhichitta and resulting in enlightenment.
- The term network of positive force (bsod-nams-kyi tshogs, collection of merit) appears as a technical term only in reference to an enlightenment-building network of positive potential, built up with bodhichitta and resulting in enlightenment.
- Locking down the definition of a network into one narrow avenue doesn't do anything to enhance my understanding and, in my view, actually leads to greater misunderstanding when the term network is used by people who may not be "in the know" about how the term is being redefined.
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