network computer

American  

[net-wurk kuhm-pyoo-ter] / ˈnɛtˌwɜrk kəmˌpyu tər /

noun

1. a relatively inexpensive computer with minimal processing power, designed primarily to provide access to computer networks, as corporate intranets or the internet. NC

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Etymology

Origin of network computer

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

To analyse the data, the team created a neural network computer algorithm called SpecATNet.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2024

Meanwhile, the network computer was starting another workplace revolution.

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2014

Some of the copied data, TCW's lawsuit asserts, was hidden on a network computer drive in a folder titled "Disaster Recovery" that was itself stuffed in a folder labeled "MBSInterns."

From Reuters • Jan. 19, 2010

The first stop is likely to be an Internet TV, followed by a $500 network computer, online video gaming machines and Net-surfing cell phones.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the predominant corporate network computer maker, "IBM is ideally situated to grab whatever market potential there is for a network-computer device," says analyst Rob Enderle of the Giga Information Group.

From Time Magazine Archive