A wide area network (WAN) is a network that covers a broad area (i.e., any telecommunications network that links across metropolitan, regional, national or international boundaries) using leased telecommunication lines. Business and government entities utilize WANs to relay data among employees, clients, buyers, and suppliers from various geograph...
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a group of remote computers, i.e. not on one site, connected over telephone lines or specialised data cables
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(from the article `computer network`) ...each other; share the printers and storage equipment; and simultaneously access centrally located processors, data, or programs (instruction ... Wide area networks (WANs) span cities, countries, and the globe, generally using telephone lines and satellite links. The Internet connects multiple ......
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The connection of multiple computers across a wide area, normally using digital data circuits.
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network that provides communication services to a geographic area larger than a single urban area NOTE 1 - Typically, a wide area network covers a single country. NOTE 2 - In French, the term 'r?seau ?tendu' replaces the term 'r?seau general' which is no longer used in this sense.
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Communication network covering long distances, often using some public network facilities.
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n] - a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
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WAN noun a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
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In computing, a network that connects computers distributed over a wide geographical area. `Dumb` terminals and microcomputers act as workstations, which connect to remote systems via a local host computer
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(WAN) A network that covers a wide geographical area and usually operates at speeds lower than local area network (LAN) speeds.
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