WAN

See also Appendix:Variations of "wan"

English

Acronym

WAN (plural WANs)

1. (computing) Wide Area Network, as contrasted with a LAN, or Local Area Network. Used to describe a computer network that covers a large geographic area, which can refer to several buildings in a city, or several cities. Can refer to a group of LANs connected by dedicated long-distance links.

   Message latency is much more of an issue on a WAN than on a LAN.

Translations

Translations

Greek: ΔΕΠ (el) (DEP), δίκτυο ευρείας περιοχής (el) (díktyo evreías periochís) n.

Khmer: បណ្ដាញតំបន់ទូលាយ (ban danh dom bon tu leay)

See also

• internet
• LAN
• network

Anagrams

• awn
• NWA