Networks
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The term network may refer to any interconnected group or system. More specifically, a network is any method of sharing information between two systems (human or mechanical). It can also mean:^[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 ...
• (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"
• (from net) An open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals
• A system of intersecting lines or channels; "a railroad network"; "a network of canals"
• Communication with and within a group; "You have to network if you want to get a good job"
• (electronics) A system of interconnected electronic components or circuits

Network may refer to:

Human network

• Economic network
• Entrepreneurial network
• Knowledge networking
• Love Network
• Old boy network
• Scale-free network
• Sexual network
• Social network
• Value network

Media

• Network (film), a 1976 Oscar winning and critically acclaimed Hollywood movie starring Peter Finch
• Radio network, system distributing programming to multiple stations to extend coverage beyond a single broadcast signal
• Television network, a distribution network whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations
• Network (band), a contemporary and new age jazz band playing in the mid nineties, led by Gary Boggess.

Science, mathematics, and engineering

• Network (mathematics), a type of digraph in graph theory
• Network theory, the applied mathematics counterpart of graph theory, especially in combinatorial optimization
• Cell Signaling Networks
• Co-occurrence networks linking pairs of terms based on their mutual inclusion within a text (e.g. PubGene).
• Flow network, an assignment of flow to the edges of a directed graph where each edge has a capacity
• Gene regulatory network, a directed graph representation of the regulation of gene expression
• Neural network, an interconnected group of biological neurons
  • Artificial neural network, an interconnected group of artificial neurons
• Signal transduction network, a directed graph representation for proteins and other biomolecules involved in Signal transduction
• Protein-protein interaction network (or Interactome graph), an undirected graph representing possible interactions between each pair of proteins in a proteome

Technology

• Computer network, a network of computers
  • Computer networking, the scientific and engineering discipline concerned with this kind of network
• Electrical network, a network of electrical components
• Network model, a database model
• Telecommunications network, a network of telecommunications links
• Energy transmission and distribution networks
  • Electric power transmission network, a network of conduits for bulk transmission of electric power
  • Electrial closed circuit the ckt which is having a closed current path.
  • Electricity distribution network, a network of conduits for delivery or short-haul transmission of electric power
  • Gas distribution network, a network of pipes for delivery of gases, usually natural gas or, formerly, town gas
  • Network Systems system network, a system of combined networks of main systems
  • Open ckt the ckt which does not have closed path for flow of electric charge.
  • Pipeline transport network, a network of pipes for transmission of gases, usually natural gas

Other

• NETWORK (Catholic Lobby), a national Catholic social justice lobbying group based in Washington, D.C.
• Network effect, a characteristic that causes a good or service to have a value to a potential customer dependent on the number of customers already owning that good or using that service
• Spatial network, urban networks or networks of rooms within buildings
• Transport network, facilities on which people and goods move

Notes

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