| computer network | (computer science) a network of computers |
Global Positioning System
GPS | a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and longitude of a receiver on Earth by computing the time difference for signals from different satellites to reach the receiver |
local area network
LAN | a local computer network for communication between computers, especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices |
net
network
mesh
meshing meshwork | an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals |
| network | (broadcasting) a communication system consisting of a group of broadcasting stations that all transmit the same programs, the networks compete to broadcast important sports events |
| network electronic network | (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits |
| network | a system of intersecting lines or channels, a railroad network, a network of canals |
| T-network | a circuit formed by two equal series circuits with a shunt between them |
wide area network
WAN | a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network |
wireless local area network
WLAN
wireless fidelity
WiFi | a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet, uses ethernet protocol |
Purkinje network
Purkinje's tissue
Purkinje's system | a network of Purkinje fibers that carry the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles of the heart and causes them to contract |
neural network
neural net | any network of neurons or nuclei that function together to perform some function in the body |
| transient global amnesia | memory disorder seen in middle aged and elderly persons, characterized by an episode of amnesia and bewilderment that lasts for several hours, person is otherwise alert and intellectually active |
| topology network topology | the configuration of a communication network |
| network programming | the schedule of programs to be broadcast on a network |
neural network
neural net | computer architecture in which processors are connected in a manner suggestive of connections between neurons, can learn by trial and error |
| network architecture | specification of design principles (including data formats and procedures) for creating a network configuration of data processors |
| network army | a group of like-minded people united by the internet, a new kind of social or political of business group that may exert broad influence on a shared concern, a network army of software programmers contribute free software to those who want it |
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
FinCEN | a law enforcement agency of the Treasury Department responsible for establishing and implementing policies to detect money laundering |
world organization
world organisation
international organization
international organisation
global organization | an international alliance involving many different countries |
International Relations and Security Network
ISN | Switzerland's information network for security and defense studies and for peace and conflict research and for international relations |
network
web | an interconnected system of things or people, he owned a network of shops, retirement meant dropping out of a whole network of people who had been part of my life, tangled in a web of cloth |
| espionage network | a network of spies |
| old boy network | an exclusive informal network linking members of a social class or profession or organization in order to provide connections and information and favors (especially in business or politics), professional women have developed an old boy network of their own |
climate change
global climate change | a change in the world's climate |
| global warming | an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes) |
global aphasia
total aphasia | loss of all ability to communicate |
| network | communicate with and within a group, You have to network if you want to get a good job |
global
planetary
world(a)
worldwide
world-wide | involving the entire earth, not limited or provincial in scope, global war, global monetary policy, neither national nor continental but planetary, a world crisis, of worldwide significance |
ball-shaped
global
globose
globular
orbicular spheric
spherical | having the shape of a sphere or ball, a spherical object, nearly orbicular in shape, little globular houses like mud-wasp nests- Zane Grey |