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A social network is a theoretical concept in the social sciences, particularly sociology and anthropology, referring to a social structure made up of individuals or organizations.

Social network may also refer to:

Business

• Business networking, an activity in which groups of like-minded businesspeople recognize, create, or act upon business opportunities
• Enterprise social networking, focuses on the use of online social networks or social relations among people who share business interests and/or activities
• Professional network service, a type of social network service that is focused solely on interactions and relationships of a business nature

Internet

• Distributed social network, an Internet social networking service that is decentralized and distributed across different providers
• List of social networking websites, major active social networking websites (excluding dating websites)
• Social media, a new medium for social interaction, based on social networking service
• Social media marketing, the use of social media platforms and websites to promote a product or service
• Social network aggregation, the process of collecting content from multiple social networking services
• Social network automation, tools that are used to semi/automate the process of posting content to social networking and social bookmarking websites
• Social networking service, services which act as online sites to connect people with similar interests
• Social-network game, online games where many people can play at once

Other uses

• The Social Network, a 2010 biographical drama film
• The Social Network (soundtrack), a soundtrack album from the film