Networks

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

Mathematics

* 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

Biology

* Biological network, any network that applies to biological systems
* Ecological network, a representation of interacting species in an ecosystem
* Neural network, a network or circuit of neurons

Technology and communication

* 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, Ethernet cables
*** Wireless network, a computer network using wireless data connections
* Network (typeface), used on the transport network in the West Midlands, UK

Sociology and business

* 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, businesses or groups
* 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

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''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''

Organizations

* NETWORK (Slovak party), a political party in Slovakia
* Network (lobby group), an American social justice group
* 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

See also

* List of university networks
* Nettwerk, Nettwerk Music Group, a record label
* Netzwerk (disambiguation)
* '' Networked: The New Social Operating System'', a 2012 book

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