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What is a WAN
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Thursday September 9, 2010
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Thursday September 9, 2010
If you know what a LAN is, you might be curious to know
what a WAN is
. In this tutorial, we'll give you thedefinition
ofWAN
and give you some examples ofwhere WANs are used
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- WAN stands for Wide Area Network.
- A WAN can span large distances.
- You might find a WAN spanning a city, a state or even a country.
- A WAN is expensive to set up and maintain.
- The Internet in effect is a giant WAN.
- A WAN can span large distances.
- You might find a WAN spanning a city, a state or even a country.
- A WAN is expensive to set up and maintain.
- The Internet in effect is a giant WAN.
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,glossary
,Internet
,networking
,WAN
,wide area network
,wireless networks
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