network

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *neHd-der.

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 network

Compound of net +‎ work.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛt.wɜːk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnɛt.wɝk/

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtwɜː(ɹ)k

Noun

network (plural networks)

1. 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.

2. Any interconnected group or system

   A network of roads crisscrossed the country.

3. A directory of people maintained for their advancement

   To get a job in today's economy, it is important to have a strong network.

5. (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), […]

6. (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

• 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 network

 

Derived terms

• affiliate network
• Bayesian network
• co-occurrence network
• Elman network
• Feistel network
• generative adversarial network
• good old boy network
• integrated services digital network
• Jordan network
• mobile virtual network operator
• network adapter
• network card
• network effect
• 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 state
• network subsystem
• network-subsystem
• network time
• network topology
• old boy network
• old-boy network
• semantic network
• small-world network
• spiking neural network
• spin network
• television network
• transportation network
• two-port network
• your network is your net worth
• your net worth is your network

 

Translations

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: شَبَکِه (fa) (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)
• Ukrainian: мере́жа f (meréža), сіть f (sitʹ), сі́тка f (sítka)
• Urdu: جال m (jāl), شبکہ (śabka)
• 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:

  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: شَبَکِه (fa) (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
• Sundanese: raramat
• Swahili: mtandao (sw)
• Swedish: nät (sv) n
• Tagalog: kabalagan
• Tajik: шабака (tg) (šabaka)
• Thai: เครือข่าย (th) (krʉʉa-kàai)
• Turkish: ağ (tr), şebeke (tr)
• Urdu: شبکہ (śabka)
• 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)

multiple computers and other devices connected together

• Afrikaans: netwerk (af)
• Albanian: rrjet (sq) m
• Arabic: شَبَكَة (ar) f (šabaka)
• Armenian: ցանց (hy) (cʻancʻ)
• Azerbaijani: şəbəkə (az), tor (az)
• 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:

  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)
• Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת (he) m (réshet)
• Hindi: नेटवर्क m (neṭvark), संजाल (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)

• 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

• Pashto: شبکه (ps) f (šabaka)
• Persian: شَبَکِه (fa) (šabake)
• Polish: sieć (pl) f
• Portuguese: rede (pt) f
• 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)
• 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), شبکہ (śabka), جال (jāl), جال داری (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

• network on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

network (third-person singular simple present networks, present participle networking, simple past and past participle networked)

1. (intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.

   Many people find it worthwhile to network for jobs and information.

2. (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.

3. (transitive) To interconnect a group or system.
4. (transitive, broadcasting) To broadcast across an entire network of stations and affiliates at the same time.

Translations

interact socially

• Finnish: verkottua, verkostoitua (fi)
• French: réseauter (fr), construire un réseau, établir un réseau
• German: ^{(please verify)} sich vernetzen (de)
• Greek: δικτυώνομαι (el) (diktyónomai)
• Italian: socializzare (it)
• Maori: tautūtakitaki
• Romanian: socializa (ro)
• Spanish: conexionar (es)
• Welsh: rhwydweithio

to connect two or more computers or other computerized devices

• Bulgarian: омрежвам (omrežvam)
• Finnish: verkottaa
• French: mettre en réseau
• German: vernetzen (de)
• Greek: δικτυώνω (el) (diktyóno), διασυνδέω (el) (diasyndéo)
• Japanese: ネットに接続する (netto ni setsuzoku suru)
• Macedonian: вмрежува (vmrežuva)
• Spanish: conexionar (es)
• Turkish: birbirine bağlamak (tr), bağlanmak (tr)
• Welsh: rhwydweithio

to interconnect a group or system

• Finnish: verkottaa
• French: mettre en réseau
• German: vernetzen (de)
• Greek: δικτυώνω (el) (diktyóno)
• Japanese: 系統を組む (keitō o kumu)
• Macedonian: вмрежува (vmrežuva)
• Spanish: conexionar (es)
• Turkish: birbirine bağlamak (tr)
• Welsh: rhwydweithio

to broadcast across a network of stations and affiliates

• French: diffuser sur l’ensemble du réseau
• Spanish: transmitir (es), emitir (es)

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

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} dranneter (Jersey)

References

• “network”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• network in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• “network”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.