bus [network], extranet, Internet, intranet, local area network (LAN), mesh network, metropolitan area network (MAN), ring network, star network, and wide area network (WAN).

High-speed communication systems for connecting computers, allowing users to share data and software from one computer to another.

The term networks is used in various ways, in a non-technical sense such as a person's network of contacts and in a technical sense such as an Ethernet LAN which a computer may be connected to

In general, networks enable computers and other devices to communicate with each other. A network can be as simple as two computers sharing one printer or as complex as a group of LANs connected to each other across transatlantic fiber optic cables.

Groups of computers hooked together so people can share information and computers.

Linkages between computers allowing data and other digitized information to be transmitted between computers. Networks may be local, regional, national, or international.

Refers to connected computers or servers.