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In general, the term network can refer to any interconnected group or system. More specifically, a network is any method of sharing information between two systems (human or mechanical). It can also mean (see wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn):
  • An interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had ...

  • (broadcasting) A communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs; "the networks compete to broadcast important sports events"
  • (from net) An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
  • A system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"
  • Communication with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
  • (electronics) A system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
Network may refer to:

Human network

  • Economic network
  • Entrepreneurial network
  • Old boy network
  • sexual network
  • Social network
  • Value network
  • Love Network
  • Scale-free network
  • Knowledge networking

    Technology

  • Electrical network, a network of electrical components
  • Computer network, a network of computers
    • Computer networking, the scientific and engineering discipline concerned with this kind of network
  • Network model, a database model
  • Telecommunications network, a network of telecommunications links
  • Energy transmission and distribution networks

    Science, mathematics, and engineering

  • Network theory, the applied mathematics counterpart of graph theory, especially in combinatorial optimization
  • Flow network, an assignment of flow to the edges of a directed graph where each edge has a capacity
  • Network (mathematics), a type of digraph in graph theory
  • Neural network, an interconnected group of biological neurons
  • Artificial neural network, an interconnected group of artificial neurons
  • Gene regulatory network, a directed graph representation of the regulation of gene expression
  • Signal transduction network, a directed graph representation for proteins and other biomolecules involved in Signal transduction
  • Cell Signaling Networks
  • Protein-protein interaction network (or Interactome graph), an undirected graph representing possible interactions between each pair of proteins in a proteome
  • Co-occurrence networks linking pairs of terms based on their mutual inclusion within a text (for example PubGene).

    Other

  • Network (film), a 1976 Oscar winning and critically acclaimed Hollywood movie starring Peter Finch
  • Transport network, facilities on which people and goods move
  • Spatial network, urban networks or networks of rooms within buildings
  • Network effect, a characteristic that causes a good or service to have a value to a potential customer dependent on the number of customers already owning that good or using that service
  • NETWORK (Catholic Lobby), a national Catholic social justice lobbying group based in Washington, DC.    

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