internetwork
- noun
- /ˈɪntərˌnɜrk/
- Specialized
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internetwork
- An internetwork connects several smaller networks to enable communication and data sharing among them.
Examples
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Researchers are collaborating on an internetwork that connects various university databases for better access to information.
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Virtual Internetwork
Academic text (1996) -
In response, WHO founded the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative, which now grants developing countries access to one of the largest collections of biomedical and health literature.
Blog text (3) -
TIB/Rendezvous routers use subject-based routing to minimize internetwork traffic: only messages subscribed from outside a site are forwarded.
Blog text (5) -
The company built a secure internetwork that linked its offices across different cities.
Synonyms
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2.8
A group of computers and devices that are connected to share files and printers
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4.9
A network that connects computers and offices across cities or countries
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3.3
A system that links groups of computers in different cities or countries
How Connected
- Texting
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1.6
- Specialized
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3.3
- Specialized
- Specialized
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3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word internetwork comes from the prefix inter- 'between' and the common word network, so it means a 'network between networks'. That's why an internetwork is a system that joins separate computer networks together.