Noun
(collective, sociology) A network of personal or business contacts, especially as facilitated by social networking on the Internet.
(Internet) A service allowing users to manage and interact with their network of friends or contacts on the Internet.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgOrder in the societies they describe is the result of a dense social network where people have an intimate understanding of each other and the threat of violence is a continuous force for preserving order because of its implications for other members of society. Douglass North
I'm going to do 'The Social Network Two: The Electric Boogaloo.' And I have a part in 'Beige Swan.' I'm going to be the lead, but I don't dance. I just do a lot of sitting down. It's too tiring to get up and dance around. That should be coming out in 20-never. Amy Poehler
The good news about me is that my friends and social network is entirely independent of politics. Andrew Sullivan
How your social network - the people that you know, or in your community - understand or value a work can be... a tremendously relevant indicator of how important or meaningful it's going to be to you. David Weinberger
World makers, social network makers, ask one question first: 'How can I do it?' Zadie Smith
We already have a professor who's using an online social network of MIT alums to help educate students in programming. Just imagine expanding that in Facebook-fashion to tens or hundreds of millions of people around the world. Anant Agarwal