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What is Network
1.
In information technology, a
network
is a series of points or nodes interconnected by communication paths.
Network
s can interconnect with other
network
s and contain sub-
network
s.
Learn more in: Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP)
2.
A
network
is a combination of nodes and links. The nodes function as the source or processor of information and the links work as the communicator between the nodes.
Learn more in: Network Science for Communication Engineering
3.
A group with common interests that fosters the exchange of information and ideas. A task using “
network
ing design” taps in on such
network
s for the purpose of collaborative learning.
Learn more in: Participating on More Equal Terms?: Power, Gender, and Participation in a Virtual World Learning Scenario
4.
The relationship
network
that result from the firm interaction with other organizations.
Learn more in: A New Perspective Network Innovation
5.
A system which has a large number of components capable of interacting with each other and with the environment, and which may act according to rules change over time and may not be well understood by an external observer.
Learn more in: Measures of Network Structure
6.
The sum total of all connections among the distance and on-campus students and between all students and the lecturer.
Learn more in: Networking Learners Using Online Asynchronous Discussions
7.
Interaction between people to exchange information and form social or professional contacts.
Learn more in: Social Capital and Innovation: A Theoretical Perspective
8.
A group of nodes connected by ties, building an interconnected system.
Learn more in: A Secure Bet in the Maritime Supply Chain: Current Situation and Opportunities for Ports' Attractiveness
9.
A collection of interconnected elements, the nature of which is determined by the relationships connecting the elements.
Learn more in: Trust in Networks and Clusters
10.
Organization formed by a set of establishments of the same branch, and sometimes under the same address, which are distributed by several places in a locality or geographical area to provide a service.
Learn more in: Collaboration in the Mexican Pharmaceutical Industry: An Analysis Within the Institutional Framework
11.
A group of computing devices that communicate with one another wirelessly or through a wired connection.
Learn more in: Reconfigurable Embedded Medical Systems
12.
A looser aggregation of the Many, with weaker ties and ever shifting membership, common across the Internet. Social Software: Software enabling communicaion between people in which the Many plays an active role in structuring the environment.
Learn more in: How the Crowd Can Teach
13.
(Or business
network
ing) is the process of establishing a mutually beneficial relationship with other business people, partners and potential clients or customers.
Learn more in: Bringing Excitement to Learners Working With Real-Life Clients: Students Developing a Marketing Plan for Companies
14.
The collection of individuals to whom one is connected via social or other relationships.
Learn more in: Professional Learning and Change Through Social Networks and Social Capital
15.
A decentralized governance structure that consists of a community of individuals who are contributing to the organization without rigidly defined roles and responsibilities.
Learn more in: Public Sector Participation in Open Communities
16.
A set of nodes and links between them. In gene regulatory
network
s, the nodes are genes and the links between them are the DNA, RNA, and protein interactions between the genes.
Learn more in: Determining the Properties of Gene Regulatory Networks from Expression Data
17.
A connected set of edges and vertices.
Learn more in: Network Modeling
18.
Collection of nodes interconnected via communication link.
Learn more in: Spatio-Temporal Hot Spot Analysis of Epidemic Diseases Using Geographic Information System for Improved Healthcare
19.
The collection of connections that an individual has made with other people, creating a system through which communication and information may flow.
Learn more in: Preparing K-12 Teachers for Blended and Online Learning: The Role of PLNs in Preservice Learning and Professional Development
20.
A group or system of interconnected people or things
Learn more in: New Media Research in Business and Management Fields: A Bibliometric Analysis
21.
It is what connects several people together through social media. It is a group of two or more devices that can communicate. It comprises of a number of different computer systems connected by physical and/or wireless connections.
Learn more in: Assessment of the Use of Social Media by Students of the National Open University of Nigeria, Abeokuta Study Centre
22.
An interconnected group or system of people or things.
Learn more in: Testing Assessments of Integrated Experiential Learning
23.
Interaction between people to exchange information and form social or professional contacts.
Learn more in: Organizational Ecosystems: Innovation and Social Capital Dimensions
24.
A
network
is created when two or more people are linked together by having, or questing for, similar knowledge. Knowledge is embedded in three basic elements within a
network
: members, tools, and tasks.
Learn more in: Transferring Knowledge in a Knowledge-Based Economy
25.
a system that allows the sharing of information and resources (both hardware and software) among several devices (hosts), providing an information transport service to a user population distributed over a more or less extensive area. Computer
network
s generate potentially high volume traffic, unlike the telephone, efficiently managed through the technology of packet switching.
Learn more in: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Protocol Design and Implementation
26.
Here, a term synonymous with the internet.
Learn more in: Gif as a Narrative Tool
27.
Interconnection of people or things through a group or system in order to exchange information.
Learn more in: Measuring Social Capital: The Case of the Technium Network in Wales
28.
It is a term used to refer to any pattern of interrelationships among actors (individuals or organizations) in which each actor is linked or connected to every other actor (individual or organization), directly or indirectly. In this chapter, the term
network
is used to refer to interorganizational
network
s (IONs).
Learn more in: Critical and Inhibiting Success Factors in Interorganizational Networks: A Case Study
29.
A set of relations or ties among people who have a common focus or goal.
Learn more in: Online Participation: Shaping the Networks of Professional Women
30.
A system or group of interconnected elements.
Learn more in: Social Network Analysis for Virtual Communities
31.
It is the process of developing a mutually valuable relationship with other business people and potential clients and/or customers.
Learn more in: Best Practices in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Management
32.
A group of computers or systems that are linked either by a cable or a wireless connection for the purpose of communication and sharing of resources.
Learn more in: Application of Blockchain in Libraries and Information Centers
33.
A
network
can be defined as human connections made in order to facilitate cooperation and resource sharing with relation to economic and social life, and collaborative consumption.
Learn more in: Grassroots Organization and Justice Through Social Media
34.
A
network
is characterized as an assemblage of at least two PC frameworks connected together. A
network
comprising of a group of broadcasting stations that entirely transmit similar missions.
Learn more in: Effects of Electromagnetic Radiation of Mobile Phones on the Human Brain
35.
a set of entities linked to each other that share a common theme.
Learn more in: Analysis of Social Media in Administration: Epistemological and Practical Considerations
36.
Network
s can be seen as markets, groupings of firms or organizations. Vertical
network
s can also be called as marketing channel
network
s that efficiently promote, modify and move goods to markets. Horizontal
network
s often include cooperation among competitors, they can be partially competitive and partially cooperative, that is, coopetitive
network
s. The business
network
context is structured in the three dimensions actors, activities and resources
Learn more in: Developing Efficient Processes and Process Management in New Business Creation in the ICT-Sector
37.
Loose set of actors who work together in order to promote their interests within a common framework, which is held together by shared interests, reciprocity, and trust. In their most characteristic form,
network
s are flexible ways of organizing activities that require the competences of several independent actors.
Learn more in: Innovation 2.0: Business Networks in the Global Innovation Ecology
38.
A group or system of interconnected people or things.
Learn more in: Learning Communities: Theory and Practice of Leveraging Social Media for Learning
39.
More than one subnets connected with routers.
Learn more in: Intelligent Techniques for Analysis of Big Data About Healthcare and Medical Records
40.
A chain of relationships, which can take any form depending on the nature of the relationships.
Learn more in: Towards an Understanding of Knowledge Sharing in Indigenous Communities of Practice: A Phenomenology of Practice Approach
41.
A
network
consists of two or more devices with processors functioning in such a way that the devices can communicate and share resources.
Learn more in: Network-Based Information System Model for Research
42.
A
network
is a collection of computers that allow for data sharing.
Learn more in: Application of Blockchain Technology for Distributed Management of Digital Research Library Holdings
43.
Network
s are loose sets of actors who work together in order to promote their interests within a common operational framework, which is held together by some shared interests, reciprocity, and trust. In their most characteristic form
network
s are flexible ways of organizing activities that require competences of several independent actors.
Learn more in: Democratic E-Governance
44.
A System of physically separate computers with telecommunication links, allowing the resources each participating machine to be shared by each by each of the others.
Learn more in: Impact of Information and Communication Technology among the Physical Education Students in Alagappa University, Tamilnadu
45.
Network
is a concept employed to suggest flow and connection among the heterogeneous human and technical entities.
Learn more in: The Networked Effect of Children and Online Digital Technologies
46.
A connected set of edges and vertices.
Learn more in: Routing
47.
Consists in linkages established between companies in order to share resources and get critical mass that allow them competitive gains.
Learn more in: Networks Collaboration in Wine Sector SME: A Study Applied to a Portuguese Wine Region
48.
Refers to a natural human tendency to relate to one another and has also been defined as social capital within an organizational setting.
Learn more in: Organizational Justice: The Injustice in the Foundation of Organizational Citizenship Behavior within Higher Education Institutions
49.
A collection of individuals (nodes) interacting together, and linked by a set of relations (links).
Learn more in: Information Technologies' Impact on Individual Learning Process: The Case of a Community of Practice
50.
Defined as a set of nodes and connecting lines to describe intricate structures (e.g., neuronal
network
, computer
network
, data
network
(Paraki, 2006).
Learn more in: Healthcare Training for the Greek Municipalities' Citizens in the Program of "Home Help" With the Medical Educational Websites
51.
A collection of interconnected elements, the nature of which is determined by the relationships connecting the elements.
Learn more in: Tourism Networks and Clusters
52.
A conceptual tool to describe and make sense of actors’ worknets.
Learn more in: Actor Network Theory and IS Research
53.
A group of individuals or organisations linked together in a non-hierarchical manner around a shared set of goals.
Learn more in: An Evaluation of ‘Linking for a Change'
54.
A series of points connected by communication channels in different locations.
Learn more in: Evolution of Post-Secondary Distance Education
55.
A of interconnected (cable and/or wireless) computers and peripherals that is capable of sharing and between many .
Learn more in: Networked Multimedia Communication Systems
56.
Network
s are sets of actors and all their relationships and interactions with each other. They can appear within organizations, stakeholder groups, neighborhoods, cities, regions, or beyond.
Network
s are characterized by low hierarchies and quick decision-making, making them flexible and adaptable.
Learn more in: Towards Places and Ecosystems: The Integrated Management of Locations, Destinations, and the Living Space
57.
A number of computers that are connected together so that they can share information.
Learn more in: Multifaceted Applications of the Internet of Things
58.
A group of individuals connected to one another through a shared system, both literal (e.g., shared electronic platform) and figurative (e.g., shared experience).
Learn more in: Developing Healthcare Leaders for the Future: A Team Approach
59.
Actors and connections together construct
network
s.
Learn more in: Social Networks and Analytics
60.
To interconnect a group or a system.
Learn more in: Organizational Structure at the Contemporary Interface
61.
Management of a cultural facility implemented in an integrated manner with other institutions through formal acts that provide for the sharing of human, technological or financial resources.
Learn more in: Digital Technologies in Italian Cultural Institutions
62.
A model of cooperation between different actors based on the pooling of resources and the definition of common tasks.
Learn more in: The Role of Networks in Local Governance
63.
Series of institutions and/or research centers interconnected by communication paths that share common interests. AU39: Hidden Text AU40: Hidden Text
Learn more in: The Emergence of Biobanks: Between Ethics, Risks, and Governance
64.
a set of nodes and its interactions
Learn more in: The Keystone Sector Analysis
65.
A set of relationships, ties or links between nodes that represent economic actors, such as persons, firms, or organizations. Within a
network
relationships vary: in strength (acquaintances vs. intimate friends), in formalisation (contractual agreements vs. implicit understandings), in duration (short vs. long term), in direction (indirect vs. direct ties – friends of friends vs. friends), or in level (personal, corporate, national).
Network
s consist of strong and weak ties. The classical text of Granovetter suggests that weak ties are said to be crucial for diffusion of innovation by providing non-redundant information to the system. Actors vary in their centralities and linkages creating ‘structural holes’ or assuming the role of ‘gatekeepers’.
Learn more in: Academic Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Transfer Networks: Translation Process and Boundary Organizations
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