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subnet

American

[suhb-net] / ˈsʌbˌnɛt /

noun

Mathematics.

the abstraction, in topology, of a subsequence.

Etymology

Origin of subnet

sub- + net ¹

Example Sentences

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By putting guest traffic in a different subnet, guests will not be able to communicate with devices on your network.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2020

The two of you are probably connecting to Facebook from the same IP subnet, or else using Facebook on your cellphones from near-overlapping geocodes.

From Slate • Oct. 23, 2015

It scans packets and all of the traffic on the subnet.

From Forbes • Jun. 27, 2011

Before you begin, contact your Internet service provider to get your account's IP address and other numbered settings, such as subnet mask, default gateway and DNS addresses.

From Time Magazine Archive

For example, all of the computers for Wesleyan University in the U.S.A. are in the subnet 129.133, while the number in the previous paragraph represents a full address to one of the university's computers.

From The Online World by De Presno, Odd

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