infrastructure

5 definitions • 6 examples

the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to work effectively:

The war has badly damaged the country's infrastructure.

the basic structure of an organization or system which is necessary for its operation, esp. public water, energy, and systems for communication and transport

the basic systems and services that are needed in order to support an economy, for example, transport and communication systems and electricity and water supplies:

Infrastructure and economic projects will take time to complete and may not meet the population's high expectations.

the country's/nation's/city's infrastructure

the basic systems and services that a company or industry needs in order to work effectively:

build/create/develop an infrastructure Creating an infrastructure for managing post-customer discards is evolving in many industries.

a company's financial infrastructure

the equipment, software, etc. that a computer system needs in order to operate and communicate with other computers:

broadband/information/IT infrastructure