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COMPUTER NETWORK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(computer science) a network of computers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("computer network" is a kind of...):
electronic network; network ((electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits)
Meronyms (parts of "computer network"):
client; guest; node ((computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network)
host; server ((computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network)
Domain category:
computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "computer network"):
Intelnet (a computer network similar to but separate from the internet; devoted to the dissemination of information to and for the Intelligence Community)
cyberspace; internet; net (a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange)
intranet (a restricted computer network; a private network created using World Wide Web software)
LAN; local area network (a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices)
WAN; wide area network (a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network)
web; World Wide Web; WWW (computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol)
