COMPUTER NETWORK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does computer network mean? 

• COMPUTER NETWORK (noun)
  The noun COMPUTER NETWORK has 1 sense:

1. (computer science) a network of computers

  Familiarity information: COMPUTER NETWORK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPUTER NETWORK (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)

 Context examples 

An interconnected computer network whose combined resources may be harnessed to work on difficult problems.

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