computer network

network that allows computers to share resources and communicate with each other
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computer network

Summary

computer network ranks in the top 0.58% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,830 views/month, #455 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • computer network is in the country of South Korea[2].
  • network is named after computer network[3].
  • computer is named after computer network[4].
  • computer network is a type of network[5].
  • computer network is a type of telecommunications network[6].
  • computer network is used for download[7].
  • computer network is used for upload[8].
  • computer network's Commons category is recorded as Computer networks[9].
  • computer network's said to be the same as is recorded as Network[10].
  • computer network comprises heterogeneous network[11].
  • computer network's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Computer networks[12].
  • computer network's Commons gallery is recorded as Computer network[13].
  • computer network's depicted by is recorded as spatial network[14].
  • computer network's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/networking[15].
  • computer network's different from is recorded as distributed system[16].
  • computer network's uses is recorded as communication protocol[17].
  • computer network's studied by is recorded as computer networking[18].
  • computer network's connects with is recorded as network host[19].
  • computer network's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[20].
  • computer network's P6009 is recorded as computer-network[21].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Computing[22].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Computer networking[23].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Computer Science[24].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Technology[25].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Internet[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include network[5] and telecommunications network[6].

Origins

Things named after include network[3] and computer[4], an invention[27].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include download[7] and upload[8]. computer network comprises heterogeneous network[11].

Influence

Things named for computer network include Ethernet[28], a de facto standard[29]; Lightning Network[30], a payment system[31]; Netcat[32], a software[33], founded in 1995[34]; Runet[35], a blend word[36], in Russia[37], founded in 1997[38]; internetworking[39], a technique[40]; and onet.pl[41], a business[42], in Poland[43], founded in 1996[44], headquartered in Kraków[45].

Why It Matters

computer network ranks in the top 0.58% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,830 views/month, #455 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 145 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for it include Ethernet[28], a de facto standard[29]; Lightning Network[30], a payment system[31]; Netcat[32], a software[33], founded in 1995[34]; Runet[35], a blend word[36], in Russia[37], founded in 1997[38]; internetworking[39], a technique[40]; and onet.pl[41], a business[42], in Poland[43], founded in 1996[44], headquartered in Kraków[45].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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