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move to sidebar hide Beginning 1 English Toggle English subsection 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Hyponyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 References 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 References Toggle the table of contentsnetwork
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[ edit ]Etymology
[ edit ] Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neHd- Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom Proto-Germanic *werką Proto-West Germanic *werk Old English weorc Middle English werk English work English networkCompound of net + work .
Pronunciation
[ edit ] ( UK ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈnɛt.wɜːk/ ( General American ) IPA ( key ) : /ˈnɛt.wɝk/ Audio ( US ) : ( file ) Rhymes: -ɛtwɜː(ɹ)kNoun
[ edit ]network ( plural networks )
A fabric or structure of fibrous elements attached to each other at regular intervals. 1911 , James George Frazer, The Golden Bough , volume 9, page 287 : He wore a mantle of network . Any interconnected group or system A network of roads crisscrossed the country. A directory of people maintained for their advancement To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network . ( broadcasting ) A group of affiliated television stations that broadcast common programs from a parent company. 2008 , Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show , page xi TV back then was five channels (three networks , PBS, and an independent station that ran I Love Lucy reruns), [ … ] ( computing , Internet ) Multiple computers and other devices connected together to share information The copy machine is connected to the network so it can now serve as a printer.Hyponyms
[ edit ] cellular network computer network default mode network dumb network echo state network economic network e-network filtered-popping recursive transition network Hopfield network Kohonen network local area network low network mesh network metropolitan area network mission-critical network mobile network mobile telephone network neural network onion network personal area network social network telephone network television network trans-Golgi network value-added network virtual network virtual private network whisper network wide area network wide-area network wireless network zombie networkDerived terms
[ edit ] affiliate network Bayesian network bionetwork co-occurrence network cybernetwork Elman network Feistel network fragnet generative adversarial network good old boy network hypernetwork integrated services digital network internetwork intranetwork Jordan network logistics network mesonetwork metanetwork micronetwork mobile virtual network operator multinetwork nanonetwork networkability networkable network adapter network card network effect network engineer networker network externality networking network interface card network interface controller network marketing network motif network neutrality network option time network printer network provider network proxy Network Rail network socket network state network subsystem network-subsystem network television network time network topology networkwide next-generation network nonnetwork old-boy network old boy network semantic network small-world network spiking neural network spin network subnetwork supernetwork supply network supranetwork television network transportation network transportation network vehicle service two-port network your network is your net worth your net worth is your networkTranslations
[ edit ] fabric or structure of fibrous elements Albanian: rrjetë (sq) f Arabic: شَبَكَة (ar) f ( šabaka ) Armenian: ցանց (hy) ( cʻancʻ ) Belarusian: се́тка f ( sjétka ) , сець f ( sjecʹ ) , мярэ́жа f ( mjaréža ) Bengali: জাল (bn) ( jal ) Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f ( mréža ) Catalan: xarxa (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 網 / 网 (zh) ( wǎng ) Czech: síť (cs) f Danish: net n Finnish: verkko (fi) French: tissus (fr) m Galician: rede (gl) f Georgian: ქსელი (ka) ( kseli ) German: Netz (de) n Greek: σύμπλεγμα (el) n ( sýmplegma ) , πλέγμα (el) n ( plégma ) Hindi: जाल (hi) m ( jāl ) Hungarian: hálózat (hu) Icelandic: net (is) n Italian: rete (it) f , reti (it) f pl Japanese: 編 (ja) ( あみ, ami ) , メッシュ (ja) ( messhu ) Korean: 그물 (ko) ( geumul ) Macedonian: мре́жа (mk) f ( mréža ) Malay: rangkaian (ms) , jaringan Norwegian: Bokmål: nett (no) n Nynorsk: nett n Old English: nett n Ottoman Turkish: شبكه ( şebeke ) Persian: Dari: شَبَکَه ( šabaka ) Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه ( šabake ) Polish: sieć (pl) f Portuguese: rede (pt) f Romanian: rețea (ro) f , rețele f pl Russian: сеть (ru) f ( setʹ ) , се́тка (ru) f ( sétka ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мре̏жа f Roman: mrȅža (sh) f Slovak: sieť f Slovene: mreža (sl) f Spanish: red (es) f Swedish: nätverk (sv) n , nät (sv) n Tagalog: kabalagan , kalambatan Tajik: шабака (tg) ( šabaka ) Tamil: உறி (ta) ( uṟi ) Ukrainian: мере́жа f ( meréža ) , сіть f ( sitʹ ) , сі́тка f ( sítka ) Urdu: جال m ( jāl ) , شَبَکَہ m ( śabaka ) , جالی f ( jālī ) , جالا m ( jālā ) Vietnamese: mạng (vi) ( 𦀴 ) Welsh: gweadwaith m , rhwydwaith (cy) m Yiddish: נעץ f ( nets ) interconnected group or system Arabic: شَبَكَة (ar) f ( šabaka ) Armenian: ցանց (hy) ( cʻancʻ ) Azerbaijani: şəbəkə (az) Belarusian: се́тка f ( sjétka ) , сець f ( sjecʹ ) , мярэ́жа f ( mjaréža ) Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f ( mréža ) Catalan: xarxa (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 網絡 / 网络 ( mong 5 lok 3 / mong 5 lok 6 ) , 網路 / 网路 ( mong 5 lou 6 ) Mandarin: 網絡 / 网络 (zh) ( wǎngluò ) , 網路 / 网路 (zh) ( wǎnglù ) Czech: síť (cs) Danish: netværk n , net n Dutch: netwerk (nl) Finnish: verkko (fi) French: réseau (fr) m Friulian: rêt f Galician: rede (gl) f Georgian: ქსელი (ka) ( kseli ) German: Netzwerk (de) n , Netz (de) n Greek: δίκτυο (el) n ( díktyo ) Hungarian: hálózat (hu) Irish: eangach f Italian: rete (it) f Japanese: ネットワーク (ja) ( nettowāku ) , 網 (ja) ( もう, mō ) Korean: 네트워크 (ko) ( neteuwokeu ) , 망(網) (ko) ( mang ) Ladin: rei f Latin: reticulum n Macedonian: мрежа (mk) f ( mreža ) Malay: rangkaian (ms) , jaringan Maori: whatunga Norwegian: Bokmål: nettverk (no) n , nett (no) n Persian: Dari: شَبَکَه ( šabaka ) Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه ( šabake ) Polish: sieć (pl) f , układ (pl) m inan Portuguese: rede (pt) f Romanian: rețea (ro) f Russian: сеть (ru) f ( setʹ ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мре̏жа f Roman: mrȅža (sh) f Spanish: red (es) f , entramado (es) m Sundanese: raramat Swahili: mtandao (sw) Swedish: nät (sv) n Tagalog: kabalagan Tajik: шабака (tg) ( šabaka ) Tamil: அமைப்பு (ta) ( amaippu ) Thai: เครือข่าย (th) ( krʉʉa-kàai ) Turkish: ağ (tr) , şebeke (tr) Urdu: شَبَکَہ m ( śabaka ) Vietnamese: mạng (vi) ( 𦀴 ) Volapük: resod Welsh: rhwydwaith (cy) m directory of people Chinese: Mandarin: 人脈 / 人脉 (zh) ( rénmài ) Danish: netværk n Dutch: netwerk (nl) n Finnish: verkosto (fi) German: Netzwerk (de) n Greek: δίκτυο (el) n ( díktyo ) , κύκλωμα (el) n ( kýkloma ) Japanese: 人脈 (ja) ( じんみゃく, jinmyaku ) Korean: 인맥(人脈) (ko) ( inmaek ) Macedonian: вр́ски f pl ( vŕski ) Norwegian: Bokmål: nettverk (no) n Polish: układy pl Russian: свя́зи (ru) f pl ( svjázi ) Tamil: தொடர்பு (ta) ( toṭarpu ) multiple computers and other devices connected together Afrikaans: netwerk (af) Albanian: rrjet (sq) m Amharic: አውታር (am) ( ʾäwtar ) Arabic: شَبَكَة (ar) f ( šabaka ) Armenian: ցանց (hy) ( cʻancʻ ) Assamese: নেটৱৰ্ক ( netowork ) Azerbaijani: şəbəkə (az) , tor (az) Bashkir: селтәр ( seltər ) Belarusian: се́тка f ( sjétka ) , сець f ( sjecʹ ) , мярэ́жа f ( mjaréža ) Bengali: নেটওয়ার্ক (bn) ( neṭōẇark ) Bulgarian: мре́жа (bg) f ( mréža ) Burmese: ကွန်ရက် (my) ( kwanrak ) Catalan: xarxa (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 網絡 / 网络 ( mong 5 lok 3 / mong 5 lok 6 ) , 網路 / 网路 ( mong 5 lou 6 ) Mandarin: 網絡 / 网络 (zh) ( wǎngluò ) , 網路 / 网路 (zh) ( wǎnglù ) Czech: síť (cs) f Danish: netværk n Dutch: netwerk (nl) n Esperanto: reto (eo) Estonian: võrk Finnish: verkko (fi) French: réseau informatique (fr) m , réseau (fr) m Galician: rede (gl) f Georgian: ქსელი (ka) ( kseli ) German: Netzwerk (de) n Greek: δίκτυο (el) ( díktyo ) Gujarati: નેટવર્ક ( neṭvark ) Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת (he) m ( réshet ) Hindi: नेटवर्क m ( neṭvark ) , संजाल m ( sañjāl ) Hungarian: hálózat (hu) Icelandic: net (is) n Indonesian: jaringan (id) Irish: eangach f , líonra m Italian: rete (it) f Japanese: ネットワーク (ja) ( nettowāku ) , 網 (ja) ( もう, mō ) Kazakh: тармақ ( tarmaq ) , желі (kk) ( jelı ) , тор ( tor ) Khmer: បណ្ដាញ (km) ( bɑndaañ ) Korean: 네트워크 (ko) ( neteuwokeu ) , 망(網) (ko) ( mang ) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: şebeke (ku) , tor (ku) Kyrgyz: тармак (ky) ( tarmak ) , тор (ky) ( tor ) Lao: ເຄືອຂ່າຍ ( khư̄a khāi ) Latvian: tīkls (lv) m Lithuanian: tinklas (lt) m Macedonian: мрежа (mk) f ( mreža ) Malay: rangkaian (ms) Maltese: xibka f Maori: tuihononga , whatunga Mongolian: Cyrillic: сүлжээ (mn) ( sülžee ) Norwegian: Bokmål: nettverk (no) n Nynorsk: nettverk n Pashto: شبکه (ps) f ( šabaka ) Persian: Dari: شَبَکَه ( šabaka ) Iranian Persian: شَبَکِه ( šabake ) Polish: sieć (pl) f Portuguese: rede (pt) f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: ਜਾਲ m ( jāl ) Romanian: rețea de computere f , rețea (ro) f , rețea de calculatoare Russian: сеть (ru) f ( setʹ ) Scottish Gaelic: lìonra m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мре̏жа f Roman: mrȅža (sh) f Sinhalese: ජාල ( jāla ) Slovak: sieť f Slovene: mreža (sl) f Spanish: red (es) f , red informática f Swahili: mtandao (sw) Swedish: nätverk (sv) n Tagalog: kabalagan , kalambatan Tajik: шабака (tg) ( šabaka ) Tamil: வலைப்பின்னல் (ta) ( valaippiṉṉal ) , வலையம் (ta) ( valaiyam ) , பிணையம் (ta) ( piṇaiyam ) , வலையமைப்பு (ta) ( valaiyamaippu ) Tatar: челтәр (tt) ( çeltär ) Thai: เครือข่าย (th) ( krʉʉa-kàai ) Turkish: ağ (tr) , şebeke (tr) Turkmen: ulgam , tor Ukrainian: мере́жа f ( meréža ) , сіть f ( sitʹ ) , сі́тка f ( sítka ) Urdu: نیٹ وَرْک m ( neṭ vark ) , نیٹْوَرْک m ( neṭvark ) , شَبَکَہ m ( śabaka ) , جال m ( jāl ) , جال داری f ( jāl dārī ) Uyghur: تور ( tor ) Uzbek: tarmoq (uz) , toʻr (uz) Vietnamese: mạng lưới (vi) ( 𦀴䋥 ), mạng (vi) ( 𦀴 ) Volapük: nünömaresod Welsh: rhwydwaith (cy) m Yiddish: נעצווערק n ( netsverk ) The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations . Translations to be checked Romanian: (please verify ) rețea (ro) f Swedish: ( 1, 2 ) (please verify ) ett nätverk (sv)References
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[ edit ]network ( third-person singular simple present networks , present participle networking , simple past and past participle networked )
( intransitive ) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement . Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information. ( transitive ) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices. If we network his machine to the server, he will be able to see all the files. ( transitive ) To interconnect a group or system . ( transitive , broadcasting ) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.