Tra từ network - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

net·work AW [network networks networked networking] noun, verb BrE [ˈnetwɜːk] NAmE [ˈnetwɜːrk]
noun
1. a complicated system of roads, lines, tubes, nerves, etc. that cross each other and are connected to each other
•a rail/road/canal network
•a network of veins
2. a closely connected group of people, companies, etc. that exchange information, etc
•a communications/distribution network
•a network of friends
3. (computing)a number of computers and other devices that are connected together so that equipment and information can be shared
• The office network allows users to share files and software, and to use a central printer.
see also ↑LAN, ↑WAN
4. a group of radio or television stations in different places that are connected and that broadcast the same programmes at the same time
•the four big US television networks
see the old boy network at ↑old boy

Thesaurus:
network noun
1. C
•The company has a network of regional offices.
system • • web • |formal apparatus •
a/an network/system/apparatus for sth
in/within a network/a system/a web/the apparatus
create a network/system/web
2. C
•the main US television networks
channel • • station •
a television network/channel/station
a radio network/station

Example Bank:
•Administrators can secure the network by segmenting it into zones.
•All computer users are connected on a network.
•Drinking water is brought to the town through a network of underground pipes.
•Members are all linked together in a network.
•Once a supplier joins the network, its shipping systems are integrated with the others.
•The files are accessible over a network.
•The new rail services will form a network connecting the capital and major cities.
•The newspapers are sent out via a national distribution network.
•The show was first aired on the cable network Showtime.
•They are establishing a network of pumps and pipelines to move the oil.
•They were unable to run the telephone network economically.
•Users can access data across a network.
•We are dismantling the financial networks that have funded terrorism.
•We must fight terrorist networks and all those who support them.
•an extensive network of underground tunnels
•laptops connected to wireless networks
•one of the depots in the company's network
•software to help you manage your network
•the structure of the brain's neural networks
•An informal network of self-employed people exists in the area.
•Elderly people were once supported by an extensive family network.
•Recruitment is largely through the old boy network.
•She has a supportive network of close friends.
•The company has a network of regional offices.
•The organization controlled a network of spies in the decades after the war.
•They have one of the most efficient distribution networks in Europe.

verb
1. transitive ~ sth (computing)to connect a number of computers and other devices together so that equipment and information can be shared
•networked computer systems
2. transitive ~ sth to broadcast a television or radio programme on stations in several different areas at the same time
•nationally networked TV
3. intransitive to try to meet and talk to people who may be useful to you in your work
• Conferences are a good place to network.
Verb forms: