computer network

English

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Noun

computer network (plural computer networks)

2. (computing, networking) A group of computers that use a set of common communication protocols over digital interconnections for the purpose of sharing resources located on or provided by the network nodes.

   Synonym: network (elliptically synonymous)

   Hypernym: network

   Hyponyms: WAN, wide area network, LAN, local area network, PAN, personal area network, WPAN

Translations

Translations

Catalan: xarxa informàtica (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 計算機網絡 / 计算机网络 (zh) (jìsuànjī wǎngluò) Esperanto: komputila reto Estonian: arvutivõrk Finnish: tietokoneverkko (fi) French: réseau informatique (fr) m Galician: rede informática f Georgian: კომპიუტერული ქსელი (ḳomṗiuṭeruli kseli) German: Rechnernetz (de) n, Computernetz (de) n, Computernetzwerk (de) n Italian: rete di computer (it) Kannada: ಎಣಿಬಲೆ (kn) (eṇibale) Lithuanian: kompiuterių tinklas (lt) Polish: sieć komputerowa (pl) Russian: вычислительная сеть (ru) (vyčislitelʹnaja setʹ), компьютерная сеть (ru) (kompʹjuternaja setʹ) Spanish: red de computadoras f Tamil: கணிப்பொறி இணையம் (kaṇippoṟi iṇaiyam) Turkish: bilgisayar ağı (tr) Vietnamese: mạng điện toán

Further reading

• computer network on Wikipedia.Wikipedia