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== Definition ==
[[File:Social network characteristics diagram.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|350px|Different characteristics of social networks. A, B, and C show varying centrality and density of networks; panel D shows network closure, i.e., when two actors, tied to a common third actor, tend to also form a direct tie between them. Panel E represents two actors with different attributes (e.g., organizational affiliation, beliefs, gender, education) who tend to form ties. Panel F consists of two types of ties: friendship (solid line) and dislike (dashed line). In this case, two actors being friends both dislike a common third (or, similarly, two actors that dislike a common third tend to be friends).]]
Network as a system is composed (or defined) by two different sets: one set of units (nodes, vertices, actors) and one set of links between the units. Using both sets, it is possible to create a [[graph (discrete mathematics)|graph]], describing the structure of the network.<ref name="ReferenceA">[[Miha Matjašič]], [[Marjan Cugmas]] and [[Aleš Žiberna]], blockmodeling: An R package for generalized blockmodeling, ''Metodološki zvezki'', 17(2), 2020, 49–66.</ref>
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