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The word net may refer to several articles:


  • The drug N-Ethyltryptamine
  • A device made by fibers woven in a grid-like structure, like fishing net, the goal in soccer and the court divider in tennis.
  • In circuit design , a collection of terminals that are or should be connected to each other electrically; signal.
  • In computing, the word net is sometimes used to mean trapping device or network.
  • The Net (or the 'net) is a synonym for Internet. A fiction film The Net, a sort of horror movie about the Internet, was produced in the mid 1990s.
  • In mathematics, "net" is a concept in topology that generalizes sequences and allows unification of various notions of limit. See Net (mathematics).
  • In solid geometry, the net of a polyhedron is a 2-dimensional arrangement of polygons from which a polyhedron can be folded. See Net (polyhedron).
  • A term meaning "after deductions". Compare: gross
  • A term often used in describing trade credit terms, as in Net 30.
  • A Brazilian cable TV company

See also: NET, .net

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