Network

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, Networking cable
    • 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, companies or groups
• Personal networking, the practice of developing and maintaining a personal network
• 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 (group of churches), an international group of evangelical churches
• 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