different between electronic vs sneakernet

English

Etymology

electron +? -ic

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l.?k?t??n.?k/, /??l.?k?t??n.?k/, /??l?k?t??n.?k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?k?t??n.?k/, /?i?.l?k?t??n.?k/

Adjective

electronic (not comparable)

1. (physics, chemistry): Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
2. Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
3. Generated by an electronic device.

4. Of or pertaining to the Internet.

Derived terms

Pages starting with “electronic”.

• electronification
• electronified
• electronify
• optoelectronic

Related terms

• electric
• electrical

Translations

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.lek?t?o.nik/

Adjective

electronic (not comparable)

1. electronic

Romanian

Etymology

From French électronique

Adjective

electronic m or n (feminine singular electronic?, masculine plural electronici, feminine and neuter plural electronice)

1. electronic

Declension

English

Etymology

From sneaker (“running shoe”) +? net (“network”), a reference to a person wearing sneakers walking from one computer to another.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sni?k?n?t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?snik??n?t/
• Hyphenation: sneak?er?net

Noun

sneakernet (countable and uncountable, plural sneakernets) (computing, humorous, informal, historical)

1. (uncountable) A method of transferring a computer file from one computer to another by copying it to a floppy disk, thumb drive, or some other external storage device, carrying the device to the other computer, and saving the file there, in contrast to electronic methods used by networked computers to transfer data. [from 1980s]
2. (countable) The group of computers involved in this practice.

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References

Further reading

• sneakernet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia