On social networking sites (SNS), like
Facebook, friends are the people
on the same SNS that you have added as a
contact from within your own profile. On some social networking sites you may be required
to accept a person's friend request before they can see your profile, on other
sites it may be an automatic linking with no permission requested or required.
Webopedia Quick Reference: Social Networking Sites When people talk about a computer network they generally are referring to a group of computer systems linked together. Within the network each computer system or device is called a node. The idea behind a social network is similar, only the nodes are generally individuals, groups or organizations.
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