Network diagram

A network diagram is any diagram representing a network and or a diagram with building blocks in the shape of a network.

Types of network diagrams

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  Artificial neural network
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  Computer network diagram
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  Neural network diagram
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  Project network
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  PERT charts
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  Semantic network
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  Sociogram
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  Spin networks

History

Early premature network-like diagrams

See also Tree diagram#History, Organizational chart#history

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  Arbor consanguinitatis, 1657
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  Strip Map from London to Aylesbury, 1782
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  Reise Karte von Leipzig nach Magdeburg, 1784
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  Organizational diagram of the New York and Erie Railroad, 1855
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  Diagram of the Federal Government and American Union, 1962
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  Telephone Patent Drawing by Bell, 1876
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  Conception of the flow of the currency, 1885
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  Factory accounts, Books and Forms used in connection with Stock, 1893
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  Question of Power Application with Courses to fulfill the conditions, 1903.
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  Chart of Business Organization, 1905
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  Syracuse Gas Co. Loss & Gain accounts, 1908
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  Dependence of total cost of supplying steam, 1914
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  Organization of Capital with Holding Corporation, 1919
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  Manufacture of Wooden Cloth under Domestic System, 1921
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  Process Chart for Loading Rifle Grenades, 1921
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  Scheme of Quesnay's Tableau Economique, 1921
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  Chart Showing Books under Product Cost System, 1922
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  Chart Showing Interrelation of Detailed Records, 1922

20th century, first half

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  Greater Steam Railroad Groups, 1904
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  Greater New York Public Utility Family Tree, 1904
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  The Rockefeller-Morgan Family Tree, 1904
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  Banking Influence in Large Corporations, 1914

20th century, second half

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  Flow chart showing how interconnecting analog and digital computers, 1956
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  PERT Guide for management use, 1963
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  Block diagram of central computer and sequencer, 1963
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  Joint Tactical Information Distribution System Users, 1990
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  unctional Groups and Processes in an Integrated Electronics Enterprise, 1993
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  Objective Information Standards TA, 1995
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  GERAM Framework, 1997

21st century

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  DoD Electronic Commerce Concept of Operations (OV-1), 2003
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  Example Operational View (OV-1) for NCOW, 2003
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  IFMS Logical Business Architecture, 2005
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  NBC Enterprise Integration, 2005
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  Agribusiness Chain, 2007
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  Electricity Market Complex Adaptive System, 2007
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  Electricity Market Complex Adaptive System, 2007
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  Stakeholders, 2008
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  VA Business Line Finance and Accounting, 2008
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  VA Business Line Medical Benefits, 2008
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  History of complexity science, 2009
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  CPM Network Diagram, 2009
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  Supply and demand network, 2011
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  Facebook network, 2011
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  Network visualization, 2016
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  Network Analysis and Visualization Software, 2016

See also

• Artificial neural network
• Computer diagrams
• Computer network diagrams
• Cluster diagram
• Flow diagram
• General diagram types
• Neural network
• Specific diagram types