wide-area network

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wide-area network [′wīd ¦er·ē·ə ′net‚wərk]

(communications)

A system consisting of a set of nodes that are interconnected by a set of links, and generally covers a large geographic area, usually on the order of hundreds of miles. Abbreviated WAN.

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