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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.


wide area network British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wide area network Scientific  
/ wīd /
  1. See WAN


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