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Public

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: "There 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
*Private



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