Look up: subnet

1. subnet
   an extension of the internet protocol address that allows a network to be autonomous by itself and still be a subsection of a larger user network Category: News-systems and communications
   Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition
   
   
2. subnet
   A portion of a network, which may be a physically independent network segment, which shares a network address with other portions of the network and is distinguished by a subnet number. A subnet is to a network what a network is to an internet.
   Found on http://foldoc.org/subnet
   
   
3. Subnet
   A portion of a network, which may be physically independent, that shares a network address with other portions of the network and is distinguished by a subnet number. Subnets are created and supported by the use of routing.
   Found on http://www.nacs.uci.edu/network/network-
   
   
4. Subnet
   (mathematics) In topology and related areas of mathematics, a `subnet` is a generalization of the concept of subsequence to the case of nets. The definition is not completely straightforward, but is designed to allow as many theorems about subsequences to generalize to nets as possible. If (<...
   Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subnet