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Wide area network
LAN stands for Local Area Network & WAN stands for Wide Area Network.
Wide area networks can consist of many local area networks, but it is possible for a wide area network to be a single network.
wide area network
The biggest wide area network is called the Internet.
LAN means Local Area Network, as the name implies its used for local areas such as in your home or office for sharing data, informations or play games etc.. and WAN means Wide Area Network, which is used for wide or broad areas to share data or get informations such as across a country. But to transfer data globally, across the world internet is used.
Local area network, Metor area network, Wide area network
LAN<local area network> , WAN<wide area network> , MAN <metropolitan area network>, Backbone network.
WAN (Wide area network)
Wide Area Network
No, the Internet is considered a Wide Area Network (WAN)
A good example for a WAN -- wide area network -- is a business or school network, when the GAN, or global area network, is the Internet itself.