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 (39,737 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 telecommunications network[5].
  • computer network is used for download[6].
  • computer network is used for upload[7].
  • computer network's Commons category is recorded as Computer networks[8].
  • computer network's said to be the same as is recorded as Network[9].
  • computer network comprises heterogeneous network[10].
  • computer network's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Computer networks[11].
  • computer network's Commons gallery is recorded as Computer network[12].
  • computer network's depicted by is recorded as spatial network[13].
  • computer network's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/networking[14].
  • computer network's different from is recorded as distributed system[15].
  • computer network's uses is recorded as communication protocol[16].
  • computer network's studied by is recorded as computer networking[17].
  • computer network's connects with is recorded as network host[18].
  • computer network's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Computing[20].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Computer networking[21].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Computer Science[22].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Technology[23].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Internet[24].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Electrical engineering[25].
  • computer network's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Human–Computer Interaction[26].

Body

Definition and Type

computer network is a type of telecommunications network[5].

Origins

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

Use and Application

Recorded has use include download[6] and upload[7]. computer network comprises heterogeneous network[10].

Influence

Things named for computer network include Ethernet[28], a de facto standard[29]; Netcat[30], a software[31], founded in 1995[32]; Lightning Network[33], a payment system[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 (39,737 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 175 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

Entities named for it include Ethernet[28], a de facto standard[29]; Netcat[30], a software[31], founded in 1995[32]; Lightning Network[33], a payment system[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
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  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. [32] ↑ . 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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  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'am', 'ar', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bh', 'bn', 'br',
    Harper's tag → computer-network-resources, computer-networks
    Sitelink count → 128
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: computer-network-resources, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289916913|computer network resources (#289916913)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/"
  2. 11d ago · Olea · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → telecommunications network
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1900326]]"
  3. 23d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → network that allows computers to share resources and communicate with each other
    P14870 → ont00000700
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P14870]]: ont00000700"
  4. 9w ago · ~2026-42510-19 · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → network that allows computers to share resources and communicate with each other
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  5. 11w ago · C960657 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex id → computernetværk
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  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26359, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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