Network Explained

Network, networking and networked may refer to:

Science and technology

Network theory, the study of graphs as a representation of relations between discrete objects
Network science, an academic field that studies complex networks

- - Networks, a graph with attributes studied in network theory Scale-free network, a network whose degree distribution follows a power law
- Small-world network, a mathematical graph in which most nodes are not neighbors, but have neighbors in common
Flow network, a directed graph where each edge has a capacity and each edge receives a flow

Artificial neural network, a computing system inspired by animal brains
Broadcast network, radio stations, television stations, or other electronic media outlets that broadcast content from a centralized source
- News network
- Radio network, including both broadcast and two-way communications
- Television network, used to distribute television program content
Electrical network, an interconnection of electrical components
Social networking service, an online platform that people use to build social networks
Telecommunications network, allowing communication between separated nodes
- Computer network or data network, a digital telecommunications network
  - Network hardware: Network switch, Networking cable
  - Wireless network, a computer network using wireless data connections
Network (typeface), used on the transport network in the West Midlands, UK

Social network, in social science research
- Scientific collaboration network, a social network wherein nodes are scientists and links are co-authorships
Social group, a network of people
Network of practice, a social science concept
Business networking, the sharing of information or services between people, companies or groups
Personal networking, the practice of developing and maintaining a personal network
Supply network, a pattern of temporal and spatial processes carried out at facility nodes and over distribution links
Transport network, a network in geographic space

Network (1976 film), a 1976 American film
Network (2019 film), an Indian film
Network (album), a 2004 album by Saga
Network (comics), a series of Marvel Comics characters
Network (play), a 2017 play based on the 1976 film
Network (TV series), a Canadian variety television series
Network (video game), a 1980 business simulation game for the Apple II
Network, aka Taryn Haldane, a fictional character and member of the Sovereign Seven comic book series
Network, the members' newsletter of the British Sociological Association
The Network, an American new wave band
"The Network", a 1987 Matlock episode
The Network, a fictional organization in the comic strip Modesty Blaise
"Networking", a song by We Are the Physics from We Are the Physics Are OK at Music

NETWORK (Slovak party), a political party in Slovakia
Network (lobby group), an American social justice group
The Network (group of churches), an international group of evangelical churches
The Network (political party), an Italian political party (1991–1999)
The Network (professional wrestling), a professional wrestling stable
The Network 2018, an Italian political party (2011–present)
Network (Russia), allegedly an anti-government anarchist organization active in Russia in 2015–2017