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subnetwork

subnetwork

4.2
A small group of connected computers or devices inside a larger computer system
  • noun
  • /ˈsʌbˌnɛtˌwɜrk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : subred
  • The company established a subnetwork to improve communication between different departments.

Examples

  • Provide more information about the location (regions and subnetworks), scale, and direction of the spatial variation that is most consistently observed across participants.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Functional brain networks in both children and young adults showed small-world properties (children > 1, young adults > 1), suggesting the presence of subnetworks of densely connected nodes, mostly connected by a short path.

    Blog text (4)
  • We set up a subnetwork on your phone.

  • I mean, you can work on subnetworks and it has been shown to work if you have a subnetwork that has been sufficiently well described.

  • I) Provide more information about the location (regions and subnetworks), scale, and direction of the spatial variation that is most consistently observed across participants.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Barrier-free subway stations in New York City, together with their associated linkages, create three distinct subnetworks in a subterranean layer of that city.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The different parts (octets) are mainly for human readability, so the different parts (network/subnetwork and host parts) are not easily distinguished from just an IP address; a subnet mask would give you more info about the address and its network in question, but nothing location-wise.

    Blog text (21)
  • Each office building connected to the main network has its own subnetwork for local devices.

  • To enhance security, we created a subnetwork that is isolated from the main corporate network.

Synonyms

subnet
vssubnetwork
  • Specialized
5 4.6

A smaller network inside a larger computer network that organizes and protects devices

is broader, applying to computer or communication networks without focusing on management

How Large

Internet
  • Texting
597 1.6
subnetwork
  • Specialized
4.2

Surface Forms

subnetwork singular
subnetworks plural

Morphology

subnetwork = network (transparent) = sub + network

The productive prefix 'sub-' meaning 'under' or 'secondary' combines with the familiar noun 'network' to mean a smaller part of a larger network, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word subnetwork is made of sub- meaning 'under' or 'part of', as in subway or submarine, and network meaning a 'web of connections'. So a subnetwork is a smaller part of a larger network, which is why devices inside it can talk to each other more quickly.