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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
network
Definition:
(1) A system that sends and receives data and messages,
typically
over a cable. (2) A system of interconnected
computer systems and
terminals; (3) a series of points
connected by communications
channels; (4) the structure of
relationships among a project's
activities, tasks and
events; (5) a group of nodes and the links
interconnecting
them. A network enables a group of computers
to
communicate with each other, share peripherals (such as
hard disks
and printers), and access remote hosts or other
networks. see also
communications network and/or computer
network.
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