Technology / B2

NETW-urk/ˈnetwɜːk/

A network is a system of connected people or things: a rail network, a professional network, network with clients (verb). Contacts is everyday for people; system is wider. Networking is the activity of meeting useful people. In speech, who you know / the system of lines is enough. Do not call one friend a network, and in IT do not mix network with internet (the internet is one kind of network).

Meaning

A system of connected people, organisations, or equipment; also who you know professionally.

Examples

• “She used her professional network to find a new post.”
• “She found the post through her professional network, not through a board advert.”
• “Leaves on the line closed half the network, which is the rail sense.”

Good to know

a professional / rail / computer network. Verb: network. Activity: networking. Everyday people: contacts. One friend ≠ a network.

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