LAN = Local Area Network (this is local, in your own computer network) WAN = Wide Area Network (this is wide, most of the time this means the internet)
The Internet links LANs and WANs together.
WAN is short for Wide Area Network. Here are some example sentences: "The Internet is an example of a WAN." "You can have a LAN without a WAN, but none of the computers on the local network will have Internet access"
No. The Internet spans the entire globe which therefore makes it a WAN, or Wide Area Network.
LAN stands for Local Area Network, it is a small network like an office. A WAN is called Wide Area Network and is a connection of LANs. An ISP stands for Internet Service Provider and they are the companies that charge you each month to access the Internet.
WAN. LAN is a short range connection, WAN is wide range.
PAN = Personal Area Network WAN = Wide Area Network LAN = Local Area Network
An LAN card is a must if you wish to connect to a LAN but it is not required for WAN
Lan is a local network such as inside a house or building, or a wireless covering an area locally. Wan is a wide area network such as the Internet. This network covers a large area (can include the world). Wan's consist of many local area networks linked together.
A stand alone environment has no network hooked up to a computer, therefore, no internet. A network (either LAN, WLAN, or WAN) allows data to be shared amoungst computers. The Internet is a WAN network, the one in your home a LAN, and a network shared amoungst several skyscrapers would be a WLAN.
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LAN stands for Local Area Network & WAN stands for Wide Area Network.