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Networked vs Sneakernet - What's the difference?

networked | sneakernet |

As a verb networked

is past tense of network.

As an adjective networked

is joined by a network, or to form a network.

As a noun sneakernet is

a method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to a floppy disk or some other external storage, carrying the disk to the other computer and installing it there, in contrast with electronic methods used by networked computers to transfer data.

networked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (network)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • joined by a network, or to form a network

    • sneakernet

    English

    Noun

  • (computing, informal, humorous) A method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to a floppy disk or some other external storage, carrying the disk to the other computer and installing it there, in contrast with electronic methods used by networked computers to transfer data.
    • English retronyms