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

ShotSpotter uses a wide-area network of acoustic sensors to detect when and where a gun is being fired.

From Washington Times

The eponymous low-power, wide-area network from its French parent claims to be the world’s largest IoT network.

From The Verge

It gathers location information via GPS and Wi-Fi and transmits it over the low-power Sigfox wide-area network.

From The Verge

The data is transmitted over a Low-Power Wide-Area Network designed for long-range communications at a low bit rate.

From BBC

Paul Singer's Elliott Management Corp had been pressing Riverbed to sell itself due to a slowdown in its main wide-area network optimization business and its struggle to integrate Opnet, a maker of software to manage traffic on networks that it bought in 2012 for about $1 billion.

From Reuters