Public
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Public is of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; opposed to private; as, the public treasury, a road or lake. Public is also defined as the people of a nation not affiliated with the government of that nation.
Public also refers to the general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public. "Public Network" means a network that is regulated as a common carrier.
Aggens (1983), in the paper titled "Identifying different levels of public interest in participation" states: "The is no single public, but different levels of public based on differing levels of interest and ability".
See also
- Public access
- Public administration
- Public affairs
- Public art
- Public broadcasting
- Public choice
- Public company
- Public defender
- Public design
- Public domain
- Public editor
- Public eye
- Public finance
- Public good
- Public health
- Public house
- Public inquiry
- Public interest
- Public Ivies
- Public key
- Public law
- Public lecture
- Public library
- Public network
- Public nudity
- Public ownership
- Public policy
- Public radio
- Public relations
- Public road
- Public safety
- Public school
- Public sector
- Public service
- Public space
- Public speaking
- Public sphere
- Public transport
- Public university
- Public utility
- Public works
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