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Telecommunications vs Nethead - What's the difference?

telecommunications | nethead |

As nouns the difference between telecommunications and nethead

is that telecommunications is telecommunications while nethead is (slang) an obsessive internet user.

telecommunications

English

Noun

(wikipedia telecommunications) (-)
  • the science and technology of communication at a distance, especially the electronic transmission of signals; telecommunication
  • the systems used in transmitting such signals
  • English plurals

    • Synonyms

    * telecom, telecoms

    Derived terms

    * telecommunications tower

    See also

    * transmitter, receiver * radio, telegraphy, telephony * cell phone, mobile phone, mobile telephone

    References

    nethead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang) An obsessive Internet user.
  • * 1995', Jessie Cameron Herz, ''Surfing on the Internet: a '''nethead' s adventure on-line
  • * 1998 , Kimberly S. Young, Caught in the net (page 175)
    • This is, after all, a gathering of a typical fraternity of netheads , those Internet-obsessed students who every night fill the large computer labs sprinkled throughout campus.
  • (slang) A supporter of the Internet and its flexibility and technical underpinnings, contrasted with (Bellhead) (a supporter of traditional centralized telecommunications networks).
    • English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs