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COMPUTER NETWORK THAT CONNECTS DEVICES ACROSS A LARGE DISTANCE AND AREA
Wide Area Network; Wide area networks; Wide-area networks; Hot-zone (WWAN); Wide-area network
  • A [[local area network]] (LAN) with connection to a wide area network (WAN)

Wide Area Network         
<networking> (WAN) A network, usually constructed with serial lines, extending over distances greater than one kilometre. Compare local area network, metropolitan area network. (1994-11-24)
wide area network         
¦ noun a computer network in which the computers connected may be far apart, generally having a radius of more than 1 km.
Wide area network         
A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits.

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Wide area network

A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits.

Businesses, as well as schools and government entities, use wide area networks to relay data to staff, students, clients, buyers and suppliers from various locations around the world. In essence, this mode of telecommunication allows a business to effectively carry out its daily function regardless of location. The Internet may be considered a WAN. Many WANs are, however, built for one particular organization and are private. WANs can be separated from local area networks (LANs) in that the latter refers to physically proximal networks.

Примеры употребления для wide area network
1. The Army showcased its T–72 tanks, Bofors guns, Pinaka multi–barrel rocket launching system, tactical control reporter radar, mobile de–contamination system and Army Wide Area Network on mobile node.
2. Displaying the country’s military prowess, the army showcased T–72 tanks, Bofor guns, Pinaka multibarrel rocket launching system, tactical control radar, mobile decontamination system and Army Wide Area Network on mobile node.
3. Members of the Office of Security Cooperation–Afghanistan’s Defense Reform Directorate have been working with telecommunications contractors to establish a wide– area network that will link all ANA computer systems throughout the country into a single network.
4. The OSC–A DRD communications office is working to get the wide–area network installed and operational, to include an information technology training contract, hundreds of personal computer distributions to ANA regional command headquarters, and a computer maintenance contract.
5. Ali said a robust wide–area network is of crucial strategic importance to the ANA. «This network will provide a wealth of information for those in the Afghan National Army who are hungry for knowledge.» He said the network will help the ANA communicate more quickly through the use of e–mail and will help individual soldiers through the maintenance of a pay system.