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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


Etymology

Origin of network computer

First recorded in 1990–95

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily

Delta canceled more than 2,100 flights through Wednesday after the network computer failure, which lasted from around 2:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

From Washington Post

Last year, the company showed off its vision for the connected future of the car — complete with "deep neural network" computer vision — in a presentation so wild it seemed plausible.

From The Verge

At CES this year, Nvidia's Jen-Hsun Huang announced his company's Drive PX, a "supercomputer" for your car that incorporated "deep neural network computer vision."

From The Verge

Comments posted at that site say that Zhang’s model is no different from a remote desktop—a software tool that allows users to access another device on a network with the local device serving as a desktop of the remote computer—or from a network computer, a diskless device made by some U.S. companies in the late 1990s that depends on other devices on a network to store software and data.

From Science Magazine