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In general, the term network can refer to any interconnected group or system. More specifically, a network is any method of sharing information between two systems (human or mechanical). Several different types of networks exist, including:

Human network

Media

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Technology

Science, mathematics, and engineering

Other

  • Transport network, facilities on which people and goods move
  • Spatial network, urban networks or networks of rooms within buildings
  • Network effect, a characteristic that causes a good or service to have a value to a potential customer dependent on the number of customers already owning that good or using that service
  • NETWORK (Catholic Lobby), a national Catholic social justice lobbying group based in Washington, DC.