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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 • 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

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

From Time Magazine Archive