net
     adj 1: remaining after all deductions; "net profit" [syn: {nett}]
            [ant: {gross}]
     2: conclusive in a process or progression; "the final answer";
        "a last resort"; "the net result" [syn: {final}, {last}]
     n 1: a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of
          computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols
          to facilitate data transmission and exchange [syn: {Internet},
           {cyberspace}]
     2: a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects
     3: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of
        time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
        [syn: {net income}, {net profit}, {lucre}, {profit}, {profits},
         {earnings}]
     4: a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey)
     5: game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the
        playing area in tennis or badminton
     6: an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at
        regular intervals [syn: {network}, {mesh}, {meshing}, {meshwork}]
     v 1: make as a net profit; "The company cleared $1 million" [syn:
           {sack}, {sack up}, {clear}]
     2: yield as a net profit; "This sale netted me $1 million"
        [syn: {clear}]
     3: construct or form a web, as if by weaving [syn: {web}]
     4: catch with a net; "net a fish" [syn: {nett}]
     [also: {netting}, {netted}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0

net.- /net dot/ pref. [Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and
   events related to Usenet. From the time before the {Great Renaming},
   when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning `net.'. Includes
   {net.god}s, `net.goddesses' (various charismatic net.women with circles
   of on-line admirers), `net.lurkers' (see {lurker}), `net.person',
   `net.parties' (a synonym for {boink}, sense 2), and many similar
   constructs. See also {net.police}.


Source: The Jargon File

NET
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Source: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms