wide area network

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wide area network - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wide area network
      n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a
           local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN]

wide area network - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Wide Area Network
  WAN
  
     <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)