internetwork

[ in-ter-net-wurk ]

noun

, Digital Technology.

1. two or more computer networks connected by routers, bridges, etc.:

   The internet is the largest internetwork.

Word History and Origins

Origin of internetwork¹

First recorded in 1890–95; inter- ( def ) + network ( def ), loan translation of German Zwischennetz originally for an earlier botanical sense “interconnected network”