SUBNET

Etymology

Noun

subnet (plural subnets)

(topology) The abstraction of a sequence.

(networking) A portion of a network that shares a network address in which each component is identified by a number.

Verb

subnet (third-person singular simple present subnets, present participle subnetting, simple past and past participle subnetted)

(transitive, networking) To break (a network) into subnets.

Source: Wiktionary