It depends on the scope of the WAN. The internet is a WAN, which is scoped to the entire planet. However, a WAN might be scoped to a company's offices throughout a town, a county, a country, a continent or indeed the entire planet.
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City networks are commonly known as WAN's, or Wide Area Network's.
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WAN (Wide Area Network)
WAN Stands for "Wide Area Network", and is the terminology used to describe networking on a geographical scale.
WAN sites
It depends on the area covered. It may also be a CAN or Campus Area Network.
WAN means Wide Area Network.the network which is spread across country or continent is called WAN.
WAN ( wide area network )
Wide area networking is also referred to just WAN and means a network that is not limited to a local area, local area network (LAN). The world wide WEB is the biggest WAN of all. An home would use a LAN. A typical office building would use a LAN. If you interconnect several LANs across a wide geographical range you end up with a WAN. Make sense?
WAN = Wide Area Network The internet could also be considered as being a WAN.
A LAN (Local Area Network) unless it is over a large geographical area then it would be a WAN (Wide Area Network).