Network Connected Users Noun Bre ˈnetwɜːk ˈnetwɜːrk Rail/Road/Canal

• a rail/road/canal network
• a network of veins
• a communications/distribution network
• a network of friends

network

1. a complicated system of roads, lines, tubes, nerves, etc. that cross each other and are connected to each other
• a rail/road/canal network
• a network of veins
2. a closely connected group of people, companies, etc. that exchange information, etc.
• a communications/distribution network
• a network of friends
3. a number of computers and other devices that are connected together so that equipment and information can be shared
• see also LAN
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• The office network allows users to share files and software, and to use a central printer.
4. a group of radio or television stations in different places that are connected and that broadcast the same programmes at the same time
• the four big US television networks
5. the practice of men who went to the same school using their influence to help each other at work or socially
• Recruiting staff used to be done by means of the old boy network.

Extra Examples

• Administrators can secure the network by segmenting it into zones.
• All computer users are connected on a network.
• Drinking water is brought to the town through a network of underground pipes.
• Members are all linked together in a network.
• Once a supplier joins the network, its shipping systems are integrated with the others.
• The files are accessible over a network.
• The new rail services will form a network connecting the capital and major cities.
• The newspapers are sent out via a national distribution network.
• The show was first aired on the cable network Showtime.
• They are establishing a network of pumps and pipelines to move the oil.
• They were unable to run the telephone network economically.
• Users can access data across a network.
• We are dismantling the financial networks that have funded terrorism.
• We must fight terrorist networks and all those who support them.
• an extensive network of underground tunnels
• laptops connected to wireless networks
• one of the depots in the company’s network
• software to help you manage your network
• the structure of the brain’s neural networks
• An informal network of self-employed people exists in the area.
• Elderly people were once supported by an extensive family network.
• Recruitment is largely through the old boy network.
• She has a supportive network of close friends.
• The company has a network of regional offices.
• The organization controlled a network of spies in the decades after the war.
• They have one of the most efficient distribution networks in Europe.