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A subnet is a part of a larger [[network]] often divided into a [[CIDR]] range.  A /24 and smaller is often called subnet where a larger can also be called a supernet.
Pretend you are an organization that is connected to the Internet and you're given IP space from your uplink.  Say you have a /24 which is 255 IP's.  You may now subnet this /24 into four /26 networks so that accounting, sales, administration and dial-in pool get their own networks and are firewalled in between.  A /26 is a subnet with 63 usable IP's.