a relatively inexpensive computer with minimal processing power, designed primarily to provide access to computer networks, as corporate intranets or the Internet.
Abbreviation: NC.
Origin
1990-95
Examples from the web for network computer
Eight electronic eyes, hooked to a neural network computer, set the arms in motion when they sense changes in the environment.
If you publish diagrams of network computer switching, that wouldn't be the case.
All accommodations feature desks with full network computer access.
Contemporary definitions for network computer
noun
a personal computer designed to be connected to a local area network or to the Internet and which has no disk drives of its own