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English Dictionary: network' by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Network \Net"work`\, n.
      1. A fabric of threads, cords, or wires crossing each other
            at certain intervals, and knotted or secured at the
            crossings, thus leaving spaces or meshes between them.
  
      2. Any system of lines or channels interlacing or crossing
            like the fabric of a net; as, a network of veins; a
            network of railroads.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   network
  
      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 according to their
      geographical extent: {local area network} (LAN), {metropolitan
      area network} (MAN), {wide area network} (WAN) and also
      according to the {protocol}s used.
  
      See {BITNET}, {Ethernet}, {Internet}, {Novell}, {PSTN},
      {network, the}.
  
      [Tanenbaum, A., "Computer Networks; 2nd ed.", Prentice Hall,
      Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1989.]
  
      (1995-03-10)
  
  
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