Network - Definition

n 1: an interconnected system of things or people; "he owned a
network of shops"; "retirement meant dropping out of a
whole network of people who had been part of my life";
"tangled in a web of cloth" [syn: network, web]
2: (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group
of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs;
"the networks compete to broadcast important sports events"
3: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at
regular intervals [syn: net, network, mesh, meshing,
meshwork]
4: a system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad
network"; "a network of canals"
5: (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic
components or circuits [syn: network, electronic network]
v 1: communicate with and within a group; "You have to network
if you want to get a good job"