Look up NET, net, .NET, .net, or net- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

NET or Net may refer to:

• Net (device), fibers woven in a grid-like structure
• Net (textile), any textile in which the warp and weft yarns are looped or knotted at their intersections
• New Jersey Nets, a basketball team
• The Net (1995 film), a film starring Sandra Bullock
• Cricket nets a safe netted environment for practicing cricket
• Fishing net, a net used for fishing

In computing and communication:

• Computer network, collection of computers and devices
• Telecommunications network, collections of terminals, links, and nodes to facilitate telecommunication
• Internet, global system of interconnected computer networks
• Network: Computation In Neural Systems, scientific journal
• An electronic network connection in a netlist, which shows the connectivity of an electronic design

In business and finance as an antonym of gross:

• Net (economics), the amount remaining after deductions
• Net worth, total assets minus total liabilities
• Net metering, electricity policy
• Net flux, proportional amount to the concentration difference across a membrane, the surface area of the membrane, and the membrane permeability constant
• Net 30, form of trade credit
• Net profit, gross profit minus overhead and interest
• Net weight, weight of a product, not counting packaging
• Net pay, salary after deductions

NET as an acronym may refer to:

In broadcast and media:

• National Educational Television, predecessor of PBS in the United States
• Nebraska Educational Telecommunications, Nebraska
• New Evangelization Television, New York
• National Empowerment Television, a defunct politically conservative cable network from the 1990s, also called America's Voice
• NET S.A., Cable television operator in Latin America
• New Hellenic Television, Greece
• Never Ending Tour, musician Bob Dylan's tour since 1988
• North East Tonight (or North East Today), a British regional news programme
• NET Television (Malta), a Maltese television station
• Nihon Educational Television, the former name of TV Asahi, Japan

In science and psychology:

• Neuroendocrine tumor, cancers of the interface between the endocrine and nervous system
• N-Ethyltryptamine, psychedelic drug
• Neutrophil Extracellular Traps, extracellular fibers
• Neuro Electric Therapy, treatment for anxiety
• Neuro Emotional Technique, holistic medicine
• Norepinephrine transporter, neurotransmitter transporter
• Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, branch of study

In mathematics:

• Net (mathematics), a generalization of a sequence similar to a filter
• Net (polyhedron), an arrangement of polygons that can be folded up to form a polyhedron
• ε-nets in probability theory, computational geometry, and metric spaces.
• Net, a linear system of divisors of dimension 2
• Local net of operator algebras in quantum field theory

In other uses:

• National Education Trust, English non-profit
• National Eligibility Test, Indian entrance examination
• New Earth Time, alternative naming system for time of day
• New English Translation of the Bible
• Nottingham Express Transit, British tramway
• Noise-equivalent target, detection system
• NET Act, No Electronic Theft Act in the United States

.net or .NET may refer to:

• .net, an Internet top-level domain
• .net (magazine), British monthly periodical
• .NET Framework, software framework for Microsoft Windows
• .NET Messenger Service, instant messaging system
• .NET Passport, an old name for Windows Live ID

See also[link]

• Nett, a municipality in the Federated States of Micronesia
• NETS (disambiguation)

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Baratunde Rafiq Thurston
Baratunde Rafiq Thurston
Born	(1977-09-11) September 11, 1977 (age 34) Washington, D.C., USA
Occupation	Comedian, author
Website
http://www.baratunde.com

Baratunde Rafiq Thurston (born September 11, 1977 in Washington, D.C.) is an American comedian based in Boston and New York City.

Early life and education[link]

Thurston grew up on Newton Street in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington. His father was killed when he was young and his mother worked in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. In junior high, his mother and he moved to a suburban black neighborhood in Maryland. He attended the Sidwell Friends School and Harvard University.^[1] Baratunde was still a virgin when he graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Philosophy.^[2]

Career[link]

Thurston is the author of three self-published books:

1. Better than Crying: Poking Fun at Politics, the Press & Pop Culture (2004)
2. Keep Jerry Falwell Away from My Oreo Cookies (2005)
3. Thank You Congressional Pages (For Being So Damn Sexy!) (2006)

As part of Laughing Liberally, Thurston emceed the YearlyKos convention in 2006^[3] and also appeared in 2007.^[4]

Thurston has contributed to the Huffington Post^[5] and the Weekly Dig.^[6] More recently Thurston has become a semi-regular panelist on the podcast this Week in Tech with Leo Laporte.

Thurston began hosting the Popular Science's Future Of television show on the Science Channel in August 2009.^[7]

Thurston is currently the Director of Digital at The Onion^[8], is an active tweeter and co-founded the black political blog JackAndJillPolitics.com. The name of the blog builds on the name of the African American children's social organization, Jack and Jill of America.^[1]

His fourth book, entitled How to Be Black (HarperCollins ISBN 978-0-06-200321-8) and published on February 1, 2012, the first day of Black History Month, incorporates "satirical self-help" along with personal memoir, subjects from gardening to computers, and is "a practical guidebook for anyone looking to befriend or work with a black person, become the next black president or challenge anyone who says they speak for all black people".^[1]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Baratunde Thurston's web site
• Keep Jerry Falwell Away from My Oreo Cookies
• Thank You Congressional Pages (For Being So Damn Sexy!)
• Baratunde Thurston on The Young Turks
• Baratunde makes an appearance in The Onion

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