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  2. Wide area network - Wikipedia

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    The textbook definition of a WAN is a computer network spanning regions, countries, or even the world. [3] [4] However, in terms of the application of communication protocols and concepts, it may be best to view WANs as computer networking technologies used to transmit data over long distances, and between different networks.

  3. SD-WAN - Wikipedia

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    A Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a wide area network that uses software-defined networking technology, such as communicating over the Internet using overlay tunnels which are encrypted when destined for internal organization locations.

  4. Want - Wikipedia

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    While in modern secular societies "want" is considered a purely economic, social-scientific or objectively psychological reality of human existence, many religious or spiritual traditions prescribe or advise with lessons on want and wanting, which might alternatively be termed "desire".

  5. Wireless WAN - Wikipedia

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    Wireless wide area network (WWAN), is a form of wireless network.The larger size of a wide area network compared to a local area network requires differences in technology. . Wireless networks of different sizes deliver data in the form of telephone calls, web pages, and video streami

  6. Near-me area network - Wikipedia

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    Common types include local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN), and wide area networks (WAN). Local area networks have the coverage of a small geographic area, such as a school, residence, building, or company. [4] [5] [6] Metropolitan area networks cover a larger area, such as a city or state. Wide area networks provide ...

  7. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    A wide area network (WAN) is a computer network that covers a large geographic area such as a city, country, or spans even intercontinental distances. A WAN uses a communications channel that combines many types of media such as telephone lines, cables, and airwaves.

  8. Synchronous optical networking - Wikipedia

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    The Gigabit Ethernet Alliance created two 10 Gigabit Ethernet variants: a local area variant (LAN PHY) with a line rate of 10.3125 Gbit/s, and a wide area variant (WAN PHY) with the same line rate as OC-192/STM-64 (9,953,280 kbit/s).

  9. Local area network - Wikipedia

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    The LAN contrasts the wide area network (WAN), which not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits or Internet links. An even greater contrast is the Internet, which is a system of globally connected business and personal computers.