communication network
Linked transmission system
A communication network is a system of interconnected nodes—people, devices, or institutions—that enables the exchange of information.
The term covers everything from telephone systems and computer networks to social structures: Her communication network spans three continents.
In technical contexts, it emphasizes infrastructure; in social contexts, it emphasizes relationships and reach.
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- serverOne who attends tables
- data centerFacility housing networked computers
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
cell tower · hierarchy · chain of command · satellite · latency · encryption · protocol · fiber optics · modem · broadcast · news cycle · node · organizational chart · signal strength · throughput · error correction · data compression · grapevine
- systemsecosystems, nervous system, computer system, immune system, circulatory system
- telegraphytelegraph, Morse code, telegraphy, telegraph key, telegraph line
- industrial controlPLC, control systems, control room, control center, control panels
communication networkcommunication blackout
Total loss of contact
isolation · dead zone · off-grid · incommunicado · radio silence
communication networkmedia blackout
Suppression of press coverage
social isolation · solitary confinement · exile · quarantine · echo chamber
communication, network, communicate, communicating, communicated, communicator, communicative, communicable, communion