network computer

American  

[net-wurk kuhm-pyoo-ter] / ˈnɛtˌwɜrk kəmˌpju 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

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network computer

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

But it is also a flagrant attempt to hype a pet project of his: the inexpensive network computer.

From Time Magazine Archive

The processors in a neural- network computer, by contrast, form a grid, much like the nerve cells in the brain.

From Time Magazine Archive