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network
Noun
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A network is a group of connections between a number of points.
Electronic systems control the busiest parts of the rail network.
This is the first national TV network that is 100% sports.
We conduct much of our overseas banking business through a network of some 3,500 worldwide branches.
You can connect to the Internet through a wireless local network system.
I don't have a good social network in my new job.
network
Verb
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If you network, you make or use social connections, usually for business purposes.
I spent most of my time at the conferences networking with other sales people.
component
Noun
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A component is one part that connects to other parts.
Some components may be cleaned by methods different to those used on the main body.
The main component of any budget will be the cost of staff.
The main components of the package are shown again in Fig 14.
Throughout the world, oxygen increasingly became a major component of the atmosphere.
The components of healthy diet are exercising, not just fasting and balancing nutrients in the meal.
node
Noun
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A node is a centre point, where parts meet.
The railway station was the town's transport node where all the buses stopped.
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A node is a swelling or a lump.
The doctor examined his armpit to feel the lymph node.
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A node is a swelling on a plant which becomes a new branch or leaf.
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A node is the point on a wave where the amplitude is zero.
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A node is the point on an orbit where it crosses a plane.
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(computing) A node is a computer in the context of a network.