Network

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Healthcare

Health Insurance

The facilities, providers and suppliers your health insurer or plan has contracted with to provide health care services.

Law

E-Discovery

A group of computers or devices linked together to allow data and resources to be shared by authorized users.

A group of computers or devices that is connected together for the exchange of data and sharing of resources.

Technology

GIS

  1. An interconnected set of arcs representing possible paths for the movement of resources from one location to another.
  2. A coverage representing linear features containing arcs or a route-system. Also known as network coverage.
  3. When referring to computer hardware systems, a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN).
  • City of High Point, NC — GIS Glossary retrieved 2014-05-27

Technology

Records Management

A collection of individuals or objects, and their interconnections, seen as a whole In computing, the equipment and materials used to connect servers and terminals

Technology

Telecommunications

An interconnection of three or more communicating entities. 2. An interconnection of usually passive electronic components that performs a specific function (which is usually limited in scope), e.g., to simulate a transmission line or to perform a mathematical function such as integration or differentiation. Note: A network may be part of a larger circuit.

Any connection of two or more computers that enables them to communicate. Networks may include transmission devices, servers, cables, routers and satellites. The phone network is the total infrastructure for transmitting phone messages.

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