NETWORK AND ITS TERMINOLOGY

WHAT IS NETWORK?
Any arrangement of electrical energy sources ,resistance and other circuit elements is called an electrical network.The term CIRCUIT and NETWORK are used synonymously in electrical literature.

                                                         CIRCUIT NETWORK

NETWORK TERMINOLOGIES:

1.ACTIVE ELEMENT:
                                       An active element is one which supplies electrical energy to the circuit.

2.PASSIVE ELEMENT:
                                    It is the one which receives electrical energy and then either converts it into heat(R) or stores in an electric field(C) or magnetic field (L).

 3.NODE:
                A NODE of an network is an equipotential surface at which two or more circuit elements are joined.

4.JUNCTION:
                     A JUNCTION is that point in a network where three or ore circuit elements are joined.

5.BRANCH:
                    A BRANCH is that a part of a network which lies between two junction points.

6.LOOP: 
              A LOOP is any closed path of a network.

7.MESH:
             A MESH is the most elementary form of a loop and cannot be further divided into other loops.