network
- any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
- Radio and Television.
- a group of transmitting stations linked by wire or microwave relay so that the same program can be broadcast or telecast by all.
- a company or organization that provides programs to be broadcast over these stations: She was hired by the network as program coordinator.
- Telecommunications, Computers. a system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunication equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information.
- an association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like: a network of recent college graduates.
- a system of interrelated buildings, offices, stations, etc., especially over a large area or throughout a country, territory, region, etc.: a network of supply depots.
- Electricity. an arrangement of conducting elements, as resistors, capacitors, or inductors, connected by conducting wire.
- a netting or net.
- to cultivate people who can be helpful to one professionally, especially in finding employment or moving to a higher position: His business lunches were taken up with networking.
- to place (as a program from a local radio or television station) in or on a network: The station will try to network the local cooking show.
- to connect to a network.
- to distribute widely: We charge a small fee for networking your résumé.
- to cover with or as if with a network: to network a bay with buoy markers.
- to organize into a network: to network the state's independent stations.
- to broadcast (a program) over a radio or television network.
Origin of network
Related Words for network
web, chain, system, grid, organization, net, structure, convolution, nexus, plexus, wattle, circuitry, fabric, arrangement, crisscross, complex, maze, fiber, labyrinth, meshExamples from the Web for network
Contemporary Examples of network
Almost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.
These are dark times for network TV, but experiments like Galavant are the silver lining.
And some members of the Lizard Squad are now claiming that they were never trying to poison the network.
This short, shown between longer shows on the network and released online, is all of that and more.
Star Wars Christmas Lights, Unedited Footage of a Bear, and More Viral VideosThe Daily Beast Video
December 21, 2014
The Julia Louis-Dreyfus series is not just the funniest show on the network, it's the funniest show on TV.
15 Enraging Golden Globe TV Snubs and Surprises: Amy Poehler, 'Mad Men' & MoreKevin Fallon
December 11, 2014
Historical Examples of network
The presents which they sent to our General, were feathers, and cauls of network.
Sir Francis Drake's Famous Voyage Round the WorldFrancis Pretty
His existence was becoming a network of great and little details.
Alexander's Bridge and The Barrel OrganWilla Cather and Alfred Noyes
A slim vane turned with the wind, a network of rods atop a high pole.
The GunPhilip K. Dick
In the network of crooked channels no white man could find his way.
Almayer's FollyJoseph Conrad
What network of crime and mystery is this that is thrown around him?
A War-Time WooingCharles King
network
- an interconnected group or systema network of shops
- Also: net a system of intersecting lines, roads, veins, etc
- another name for net 1 (def. 1), netting
- radio television a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programme simultaneously
- electronics a system of interconnected components or circuits
- computing a system of interconnected computer systems, terminals, and other equipment allowing information to be exchanged
- (tr) radio television to broadcast on stations throughout the countrythe Scotland–England match was networked
- computing (of computers, terminals, etc) to connect or be connected
- (intr) to form business contacts through informal social meetings
Word Origin and History for network
"net-like arrangement of threads, wires, etc.," 1550s, from net (n.) + work (n.). Extended sense of "any complex, interlocking system" is from 1839 (originally in reference to transport by rivers, canals, and railways). Meaning "broadcasting system of multiple transmitters" is from 1914; sense of "interconnected group of people" is from 1947.
1887, "to cover with a network," from network (n.). From 1940 as "to broadcast over a (radio) network;" 1972 in reference to computers; 1980s in reference to persons. Related: Networked; networking.
network
(nĕt′wûrk′)- A fabric or structure in which cords, threads, or wires cross at regular intervals.
- A body structure resembling such a fabric or structure.
network
- A system of computers and peripherals, such as printers, that are linked together. A network can consist of as few as two computers connected with cables or millions of computers that are spread over a large geographical area and are connected by telephone lines, fiberoptic cables, or radio waves. The Internet is an example of very large network. See more at LAN WAN.