any netlike combination of filaments, lines, veins, passages, or the like

a network of arteries; a network of sewers under the city.

Radio and Television .

a group of transmitting stations linked by wire or microwave relay so that the same program can be broadcast or telecast by all.

a company or organization that provides programs to be broadcast over these stations

She was hired by the network as program coordinator.

a system of interrelated buildings, offices, stations, etc., esp. over a large area or throughout a country, territory, region, etc.

a network of supply depots.

Electricity . an arrangement of conducting elements, as resistors, capacitors, or inductors, connected by conducting wire.

a netting or net.

Telecommunications, Computers . a system containing any combination of computers, computer terminals, printers, audio or visual display devices, or telephones interconnected by telecommunication equipment or cables

used to transmit or receive information.

an association of individuals having a common interest, formed to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like

a network of recent college graduates.

to cultivate people who can be helpful to one professionally, esp. in finding employment or moving to a higher position

His business lunches were taken up with networking.

to place (as a program from a local radio or television station) in or on a network

The station will try to network the local cooking show.

to connect to a network.

to distribute widely

We charge a small fee for networking your résumé.

to cover with or as if with a network

to network a bay with buoy markers.

to organize into a network

to network the state's independent stations.

to broadcast (a program) over a radio or television network.

noun

arrangement , artery , chain , checkerboard , circuitry , complex , convolution , crisscross * , fabric , fiber , grid , grill * , grillwork , hookup , interconnections , jungle , labyrinth , maze , mesh , net , netting , nexus , organization , patchwork * , plexus , reticulation , reticule , screening , structure , system , tessellation , tracks , wattle , weave , web , wiring , tissue , cbs , context , ganglion , graticule , interlacement , matrix , reseau , rete , reticle , reticulum

verb

associate , circulate , hobnob , make contacts , meet , meet and greet , mingle , rub elbows , schmooze