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(networking, computer security) A network security measure that consists of ensuring that a secure computer network is physically isolated from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network.
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(humorous) The thinnet form of Ethernet.
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(informal) The world of computers and the people associated with them.
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A computer system or set of computer programs used to track and store electronic documents and/or images of paper documents.
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(computing) The electronic exchange of structured information, by agreed message standards, from one application to another with a minimum of human intervention.
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(computing) An organization's collective information technology resources.
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(computing, telecommunications) A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.
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Making intense use of telecommunications networks.
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(sociology) A society where the creation, distribution, use, integration and manipulation of information is a significant economic, political, and cultural activity.
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(rare) An information system.
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(transitive) To set up as a network of networks.
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(Internet) A network operator on IRC.
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(computing) A social event based around a LAN (local area network) where participants engage in computer activities such as multiplayer gaming.
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(communication, management, sociology) A network of networks.
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a network that covers a large geographical area such as a city.
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(uncountable, Internet) The internet accessed via mobile devices.
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Connected to multiple computer networks.
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A system that interconnects a number of users, locations etc. allowing transport or communication between them.
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Any interconnected group or system.
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(economics) An externality arising from network effects.
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A principle proposed for user-access networks participating in the Internet that advocates no restrictions by ISPs or government on the content, sites, platforms, equipment, and modes of communication over the network.
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Available on a computer system, even if not networked.
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(Internet, derogatory) PC (personal computer)
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A unique number assigned by IANA to identify objects that are defined by an enterprise.
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(computing) To connect to a computer from a remote location.
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(uncountable, computing, telecommunications) The use of a network or service from different locations or devices.
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An unauthorized access point installed on a WLAN.
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(computing) the fusion of the physical and the digital (‘virtual’) worlds.
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Computing that utilises a large network such that distant users can communicate with each other (especially prior to the Internet).
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(Internet) The connection of a personal computer to a mobile phone so as to obtain wireless Internet access from the computer.
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(Internet, computing) wireless; pertaining to a wireless network
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(computing) Abbreviation of The Onion Routing, an implementation of second-generation onion routing.
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(computing, Internet) The portion of a computer's Internet domain name that comes before the first period, and so is enough to uniquely identify the computer within a domain.
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(Internet, computing) The act of walking around with a wireless device to find an access point for a wireless network.
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(telecommunications) An open source technology that enables real-time communication (RTC) such as data, voice or video, directly from a Web browser.
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To connect to the internet using Wi-Fi.
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(computing) Alternative form of wide area network [(computing) A computer network that covers a large geographic area.]
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Alternative form of Wi-Fi [To equip with Wi-Fi; to Wi-Fi enable.]
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(uncountable, networking) Wireless connectivity to a computer network.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wireless, network.
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(computing) A kind of Java applet used for digital television features.
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