Subnet vs Subset - What's the difference?
subnet | subset |
(topology) The abstraction of a sequence.
(networking) A portion of a network which shares a network address in which each component is identified by a subnet number.
(networking) To break a network into subnets.
(set theory) With respect to another set, a set such that each of its elements is also an element of the other set.
A group of things or people, all of which are in a specified larger group.
As nouns the difference between subnet and subset
is that subnet is the abstraction of a sequence while subset is with respect to another set, a set such that each of its elements is also an element of the other set.As a verb subnet
is to break a network into subnets.subnet
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(wikipedia subnet)Noun
(en noun)Verb
subset
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Noun
(en noun)- The set of integers is a subset of the set of reals.
- The set {a, b} is a both a subset and a proper subset of {a, b, c} while the set {a, b, c} is a subset of {a, b, c} but not a proper subset of {a, b, c}.
- We asked a subset of the population of the town for their opinion.