### scheme | network:

Backbone network
* are the main channels along which large amounts of data are transmitted.
* provide interconnection between other networks.

Bayesian network
* build a directed graph of conditional probabilities.
* exploit domain structure to allow compact representations of complex models.
* is used in network domain modeling.
* provide a general and natural representation for reasoning under uncertainty.
* resemble neural networks in their causal nature and variable dependency.

Cellular network
* are robust and can often withstand damage to several pathways.
* require many radio transmission cells to provide service.

Communication network
* exist within a cell that allows for proper cell life.
* have the potential to make data available wherever it is needed.

### scheme | network:

Community network
* are among the most constructive ways to bring access to rural areas
  - computer systems that are designed for community use
* are electronic networks 'linking people with information and people with people'
  - spaces where local communities can exchange information
  - grassroots organizations
  - one of the most constructive ways to bring access to rural areas
  - part of electronic public space
* build the roads on which people travel to get to various sites.
* can have a significant impact on the local economy and culture.
* provide people with tools to be better problem solvers.

Corporate network
* Many corporate networks protect themselves from Internet intrusion through the use of a firewall.
* Most corporate networks employ firewalls to guard against unauthorized traffic.
* tend to consist of two to three hundred computers per site.

Data network
* are bursty in nature.
* growth area in which competitors are very active.

Digital network
* have less noise than analog networks.
* provide an efficient cost-effective means of distributing digital media.

Enterprise network
* allow businesses to communicate with the public optical network.
* facilitate how work groups exchange information and collaborate.

Ethernet network
* Most Ethernet networks use a hub or switch as the central connection point.
* are the most widely used networks in the world
  - what most businesses use for networking

Large network
* Most large networks use a big, expensive Cisco router to share an Internet connection.
* are an example of a tree topology.
* have sophisticated routers that manage multiple internal and external connections.
* tend to have multiple systems being used for different purposes.
+ Local area network: Computer networking

### scheme | network:

Network computing
* inverts the intelligence hierarchy of host computing.
* is an old idea whose time has come again
  - more about software architecture than it is about hardware devices
  - the opposite to 'Stand-alone computing'. * the opposite to 'Stand-alone computing'. This is where computers are not connect to a network. Most laptops and home computers do their jobs alone and are stand-alone computers
* model of computing based on networks, most notably the Internet.
* strategic tool that has changed the way companies do business.

### scheme | network:

Network marketing
* is about people
  - relationships
  - all about people working with and helping otherpeople
  - based on each person doing a little which contributes to everyone s income
  - just one of the many business channels for distributing goods and services
  - one of the fastest-growing career opportunities in the United States
  - purely a business of meeting people and building relationships
* legal, ethical manner of doing business.
* new name for multi level marketing.
* prospecting and people business.
* tool that can be used successfully by everyone.