2. Noun. (networking) A portion of a network which shares a network address in which each component is identified by a subnet number. ¹
3. Verb. (networking) To break a network into subnets. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subnet
1. a system of interconnections within a communications system [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subnet
Literary usage of Subnet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Backup Book: Disaster Recovery from Desktop to Data Center by Dorian J. Cougias, E. L. Heiberger, Karsten Koop (2003)
"Did your computers shift to a different subnet (part A)? ... The backup software
package was set to scan subnet 1 for computers A, B, and C—all three ..."
2. Empirical Processes by Peter Gaenssler (1983)
"For this, let (y ,) ,c., be an arbitrary subnet of ... of ^ä'^'EÄ' which is a
subnet of (\ia'>aeA-> with V~„ -^ UJ, J,,i therefore Lemma 13 implies the ..."