Look up: Network

1. Network
   A set of connections among a multiplicity of separate entities sharing a common characteristic. Networks of firms or individuals in different countries are thought to facilitate trade.
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2. Network
   An affiliation of providers through formal and informal contracts and agreements. Networks may contract externally to obtain administrative and financial services. A list of physicians, hospitals and other providers who provide health care services to the beneficiaries of a specific managed care organization. See also IDS, PPO, PHO or Hospital Alliances.
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3. Network
   A set consisting of (a) stations for which geometric relationships have been determined and which are so related that removal of one station from the set will affect the relationships (distances, directions, coordinates, etc.) between the other stations; and (b) lines connecting the stations to show this interdependence.
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4. Network
   A group of computers that are connected in some fashion. Most school networks are known as LANs, or Local Area Networks, because they are networks linking computers in one small area. The Internet could be referred to as a WAN, or a Wide Area Network, because it connects computers in more than one local area.
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5. network
   [Noun] A group of connected people or objects. A television network is a company that shows the same programmes at different times across a country.
   Example: The National Cycle Network is building a network of cycle paths across the UK.
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6. Network
   The physical interconnection of devices sharing a communications protocol.
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7. Network
   A model representing the interconnected elements through which some form of resource can be transmitted or will flow.
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8. Network
   A set of informal and formal social ties that links people to each other.
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9. network
   [n] - an intricately connected system of things or people 2. [n] - communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same program simultaneously 3. [n] - an interconnected or intersecting configuration or system of components 4. [v] - communicate with and within a group
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10. Network
    a web of social ties that links people who identify and interact little with one another
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11. Network
    One or more computers linked together. Also a communications link for users between different geographical locations.
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12. Network
    Communications link between computers and peripherals. See LAN, WAN
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13. Network
    (Digital cameras and photo printers) The connection of several individual computers to aid data exchange and communication.
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14. Network
    (NETWORK GLOSSARY) A collection of computers and other devices that are able to communicate with each other over some network medium.
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15. Network
    A communications system that links two or more computers. May be as simple as a cable strung between two computers a few feet apart, or as complex as hundreds of thousands of computers around the world linked through fiber optic cables, phones lines, and satellites.
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16. Network
    Interconnection of local (LAN) or distributed (WAN) computer systems to allow sharing of resources, provide messaging, etc.
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17. Network
    A computer network is used to connect all types of computers and related things such as terminals, printers and modems. There are local area networks (LANs) that exist in a limited geographical area such as an office or building, or wide area networks (WANs) that connect computers over large geographic areas, perhaps even internationally.
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18. Network
    a means of connecting a number of computers together so that they can share data and the use of peripherals - there a number of types LAN and WAN - if you connect two computers together you get a network - if you connect 10 computers together you get a network - if you connect 10 networks together you get a network - if you connect 10 million netwo…
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19. Network
    A broadcast service, usually covering a large geographic area, composed of a number of TV stations that broadcast a mixture of central "network" and regional/local programming and/or advertising. Many different types of network exist in terms of ownership ties, programming and commercial agreements, management structures and market coverage. Affili…
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20. Network
    The connection of 2+ computers allowing data sharing between each. For example, allowing a machine access to another machines hard drive. There are two types:
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21. Network
    Any time you connect 2 or more computers together for the purpose of sharing resources, you have a computer network.
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22. Network
    Two or more organisations or individuals engaged in a common pattern of information exchange through communications links
    Found on http://www.ifla.org/VII/s30/pub/mg1.htm#
    
    
23. Network
    A configuration of two or more computers linked to share information and resources.
    Found on http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/distancelearn
    
    
24. Network
    A group of computers that are connected to each other by communications lines to share information and resources.
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25. network
    (networking) Hardware and software data communication systems. The OSI seven layer model attempts to provide a way of partitioning any computer network into independent modules from the lowest (physical) layer to the highest (application) layer. Many different specifications exist at each of these layers. Networks are often also classified accordi…
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