what is network technology

What is network technology? Network technology is any technology by which two or more computer systems are connected and communicate information between them. ... From a more human standpoint, though, network technology is any technology by which people communicate with one another, and reach out to each other.

The technology network is an account of all transformation, transport, distribution, and storage technologies of a specific energy system. In that network, technologies are represented as directed links. The layout of the network is depicted in Fig. 4. Fundamental to this representation is that, both at the resource and the demand levels, energy is grouped by functional classes. For resources, it distinguishes between mechanical, chemical, and thermal origins. Demand categories are:

special processes (e.g. lighting and electrolysis);

mechanical processes (e.g. engines)

low-temperature heat (e.g. residential space and water heating);

high-temperature heat (e.g. thermochemical processes and process heat (‘steam’)).

At the demand level, the system further distinguishes by type of sector, viz. industrial, transportation, commercial, and residential use, respectively.