network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛt.wɜːk/
ipa: /ˈnɛt.wɝk/
rhymes: -ɛtwɜː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: networks
Etymology: 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
Compound of net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses. Cognate with German Netzwerk.
Senses: examples: text: A network of roads crisscrossed the country.
text: The many species that live in the forest canopy constitute a network of life via their complex interactions.
glosses: Any interconnected group or system.
examples: text: To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.
text: For people with mental health challenges, having a support network of family and friends can improve the chances of maintaining successful mental health care.
glosses: Any interconnected group or system.
A set of people with sociocultural connections to one another; especially, such a set consisting of occupational or business connections.
examples: 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), […]
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Any interconnected group or system.
A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company.
examples: text: The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any interconnected group or system.
A computer network: multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information.
examples: text: He wore a mantle of network.
ref: 1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 287:
qualifier: literal
glosses: A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals; the act or process of making such an object.
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
trans-Golgi network
value-added network
virtual network
virtual private network
whisper network
wide area network
wide-area network
wireless network
zombie network
Derived terms: 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
networkable
network adapter
network card
network effect
network engineer
networker
network externality
networking
network interface card
network interface controller
network marketing
network motif
network neutrality
network option time
network printer
network provider
network proxy
Network Rail
network socket
network state
network subsystem
network-subsystem
network television
network time
network topology
networkwide
next-generation network
nonnetwork
old-boy network
old boy network
semantic network
small-world network
spiking neural network
spin network
subnetwork
supernetwork
supply network
supranetwork
television network
transportation network
transportation network vehicle service
two-port network
your network is your net worth
your net worth is your network
Related terms: knitwork
lacework
needlework