Network Definition–noun | 1. | any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city. | | 2. | Radio and Television. | a. | a group of transmitting stations linked by wire or microwave relay so that the same program can be broadcast or telecast by all. | | b. | a company or organization that provides programs to be broadcast over these stations: She was hired by the network as program coordinator. | | | 3. | a system of interrelated buildings, offices, stations, etc., esp. over a large area or throughout a country, territory, region, etc.: a network of supply depots. | | 4. | Electricity. an arrangement of conducting elements, as resistors, capacitors, or inductors, connected by conducting wire. | | 6. | Telecommunications, Computers. a system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunication equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information. | | 7. | an association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like: a network of recent college graduates. | –verb (used without object) | 8. | to cultivate people who can be helpful to one professionally, esp. in finding employment or moving to a higher position: His business lunches were taken up with networking. | –verb (used with object) | 9. | to place (as a program from a local radio or television station) in or on a network: The station will try to network the local cooking show. | | 10. | to connect to a network. | | 11. | to distribute widely: We charge a small fee for networking your résumé. | | 12. | to cover with or as if with a network: to network a bay with buoy markers. | | 13. | to organize into a network: to network the state's independent stations. | | 14. | to broadcast (a program) over a radio or television network. | |
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Server Definition–noun | 2. | something that serves or is used in serving, as a salver. | | 3. | a broad fork, spoon, or spatula for dishing out and serving individual portions of food, as vegetables, cake, or pie. | | 4. | Ecclesiastical. an attendant on the priest at Mass, who arranges the altar, makes the responses, etc. | | 5. | (in tennis, badminton, handball, etc.) the player who puts the ball or shuttlecock in play. | | 6. | a computer that makes services, as access to data files, programs, and peripheral devices, available to workstations on a network. Compare client (def. 5), file server. | |
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