wide area network

wide area network

See also: wide-area network

English

Alternative forms

• wide-area network

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwʌɪdˌɛːrɪəˌnɛtwəːk/

• Audio (CA)

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Noun

wide area network (plural wide area networks)

1. (computing) A computer network that covers a large geographic area.

Synonyms

• WAN

Hyponyms

• campus area network, low-power wide-area network, metropolitan area network

Coordinate terms

• local area network, personal area network

Translations

network

Chinese: Mandarin: 廣域網／广域网 (zh) (guǎngyùwǎng), 外網／外网 (wàiwǎng), 公網／公网 (zh) (gōngwǎng) Finnish: laajaverkko French: réseau étendu m, WAN (fr) m German: Wide Area Network n (formal), Weitverkehrsnetz n Greek: δίκτυο ευρείας περιοχής n (díktyo evreías periochís) Hebrew: רֶשֶׁת תִּקְשֹׁרֶת מֶרְחָבִית‎ Japanese: ワイド・エリア・ネットワーク (waido-eria-nettowāku), ワン (ja) (wan) (WAN) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: глоба́льная компью́терная сеть f (globálʹnaja kompʹjútɛrnaja setʹ), ГКС f (GKS) Vietnamese: mạng diện rộng

References

• wide area network on Wikipedia.Wikipedia