a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest: Working mothers in the community use networking to help themselves manage successfully.
2.
the design, establishment, or utilization of a computer network.
–adjective
3.
of or pertaining to a network or networking: networking software, a networking system.
any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like: a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.
2.
Radioand Television.
a.
a group of transmitting stations linked by wire or microwave relay so that the same program can be broadcast or telecast by all.
b.
a company or organization that provides programs to be broadcast over these stations: She was hired by the network as program coordinator.
3.
a system of interrelated buildings, offices, stations, etc., esp. over a large area or throughout a country, territory, region, etc.: a network of supply depots.
4.
Electricity. an arrangement of conducting elements, as resistors, capacitors, or inductors, connected by conducting wire.
5.
a netting or net.
6.
Telecommunications,Computers. a system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunication equipment or cables: used to transmit or receive information.
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an association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like: a network of recent college graduates.
–verb (used without object)
8.
to cultivate people who can be helpful to one professionally, esp. in finding employment or moving to a higher position: His business lunches were taken up with networking.
–verb (used with object)
9.
to place (as a program from a local radio or television station) in or on a network: The station will try to network the local cooking show.
10.
to connect to a network.
11.
to distribute widely: We charge a small fee for networking your résumé.
12.
to cover with or as if with a network: to network a bay with buoy markers.
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to organize into a network: to network the state's independent stations.
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to broadcast (a program) over a radio or television network.