(intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement. / (transitive) To connect two or more computers or other computerized devices.

joined by a network, or to form a network

simple past tense and past participle of network

The interaction between a group of people who share a common interest. / The use of social contacts to network.

The act of creating possible professional relationships through briefly meeting with candidates and exchanging contact details, akin to speed dating.

(networking) The transmission of voice, data, video and any other form of information in packets over the same network.

(economics) The higher growth rate of businesses with higher market share in those segments of economy in which the value of a product or service depends on the compounding effects of the number of existing users of the product or a service, as is the case with telephone networks.

(networking) A communications network with at least two pathways to each node, forming a net-like organization. When each node is connected to every other node, the network is said to be fully meshed. When only some of the nodes are linked, switching is required to make all the connections and the network is said to be partially meshed, or partially connected.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wireless, network. / (computing) Devices connected to a network using a centralized wireless access point (WAP).

plural of network topology