network

English Online Dictionary. What means network‎? What does network mean?

English

Etymology

Compound of net +‎ work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛt.wɜːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛt.wɝk/
• Rhymes: -ɛtwɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

network (plural networks)

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

   3. (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), […]

   5. (computing, Internet) A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.

4. (literal) A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.

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References

• network on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

network (third-person singular simple present networks, present participle networking, simple past and past participle networked)

1. (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.

2. (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.

3. (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
4. (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.

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References

• “network”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• network in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “network”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.