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• wide-area network
  wide-area network

  noun

  a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.
• wide area network
  wide area network

  noun

  computing a network of computers interconnected over large distances, often by optical fibres or microwave communications

wide-area network

American  

noun

1. a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.

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wide area network British  

noun

1.  WAN.  computing a network of computers interconnected over large distances, often by optical fibres or microwave communications

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wide area network Scientific  

/ wīd /

1. See WAN

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Example Sentences

Offshore wind farms need to communicate with onshore systems via a wide area network.

From Science Daily • Jan. 24, 2024

In contrast, the system the Gutruf Lab developed uses a low power wide area network, or LPWAN, that offers 2,400 times the distance of Wi-Fi and 533 times that of Bluetooth.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

One might also elect to have the campus wide area network liaison screen the messages in either case and only forward those which are considered of merit.

From Hitchhiker's Guide to the Internet by Krol, Ed

A letter from the Australian office said that Australia's Telecom wanted access to CORWAN, NorTel's corporate wide area network.

From Underground by Dreyfus, Suelette