node
pronunciation
How to pronounce node in British English:
UK [nəʊd]
How to pronounce node in American English:
US [noʊd]
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- Noun:
- a connecting point at which several lines come together
- any thickened enlargement
- (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system
- (astronomy) a point where an orbit crosses a plane
- the source of lymph and lymphocytes
- any bulge or swelling of an anatomical structure or part
- (computer science) any computer that is hooked up to a computer network
Word Origin
- node (n.)
- early 15c., "a knot or lump," from Latin nodus "knot" (see net (n.)). Originally borrowed c. 1400 in Latin form, meaning "lump in the flesh." Meaning "point of intersection" (originally of planetary orbits with the ecliptic) first recorded 1660s.
Example
- 1. Each node in the network participates in routing data .
- 2. Your sa node sends out the electrical signal that guides the rest of the heart tissue .
- 3. Each group of memory cells is called as a node .
- 4. A node is a simple structure that holds data and links to other nodes .
- 5. In the data cell of each node , we will can store a letter .