subnet

About 0.61 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The abstraction of a sequence.
2. noun A portion of a network that shares a network address in which each component is identified by a number.
3. verb To break (a network) into subnets.

Similar words

subset subnetwork network subnets subnetting segment topology cycle discrete topology underlying set

Often followed by

mask masks is address and to of number as