See common user network.

A network that (a) is composed of different interconnected computer networks and (b) covers an unlimited geographical area.
Note: Loosely synonymous with an internet (as opposed to the Internet (with an uppercase "I"), which designates one specific network). [After 2382-pt.35]

A computer network in which processing and control functions are performed at several levels by computers specially suited for the functions performed, such as industrial process control, inventory control, database control, or hospital automation.

A mutually synchronized network in which some clocks exert more control than others, the network operating frequency being a weighted mean of the natural frequencies of the population of clocks.

1. The carrier's own Signaling System No.7 (SS7) network. [T1.226-1992],
2. A physical network segment situated on the users' premises comprised of devices and interconnection between devices and supporting governing protocols with the premises for IPTV.

A communications network that uses a combination of line facilities, i.e., trunks, loops, or links, some of which use only analog or quasi-analog signals and some of which use only digital signals. Synonyms hybrid network, hybrid system.

See hybrid communications network.

A network that uses both digital transmission and digital switching.

An integrated digital network in which the same time-division switches and digital transmission paths are used to establish connections for different services.
Note 1: ISDN services include telephone, data, electronic mail, and facsimile.
Note 2: The method used to accomplish a connection is often specified: for example, switched connection, nonswitched connection, exchange connection, ISDN connection.

A network (circuit) that produces an output waveform that is the time integral of the input waveform.
Note: Integrating networks are used in signal processing, such as for producing sawtooth waves from square waves.