network neutralityn.
/ˌnɛtwəːk njuːˈtralᵻti/, U.S. /ˌnɛtwərk n(j)uˈtrælədi/ 1. Broadcasting (chiefly U.S.). Lack of political bias in the broadcasts of a television network. Now rare.
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1971 E. Efron News Twisters 171 It doesn't matter much what the liberal contradiction is called..it is not evidence of network ‘neutrality’.
1987 N.Y. Times 26 July 11/1 Opposition candidates would never even consider the request without signs of network neutrality.
2. Computing. The fact or quality of carrying or handling data regardless of the network, platform, etc., on which it is available; (later) spec. the fact or principle of internet service providers enabling access to all content and applications regardless of the source or destination, and without favouring or blocking particular formats, products, websites, etc.
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1988 Austral. Computer Jrnl. 20 179/1 The Australian key management standards..have been prepared on the basis of network neutrality—i.e. can be used both in a gateway or a shared common access environment.
1994 Business Wire (Nexis) 17 May Flexibility, based on network neutrality and hardware independence, for optimal cost-effectiveness.
2000 New Media Age (Nexis) 10 Feb. 4 Our network neutrality is of the utmost importance because the Web is community driven. Our content must reflect this fact.
2003 Business Ethics Q. 13 579 If cable lines are opened to competing ISPs, and the only ISPs to thrive happen to be ones that do away with network neutrality, then network neutrality will still be lost.
2009 Wired Feb. 57/3 Roberts found himself at the center of the fight over network neutrality.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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