WAN

From EDRM

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Wide Area Network

• A system of local area networks in different physical locations connected through communications software.^[1]

• Generally a network of PC's, remote to each other, connected by telecommunications lines.^[2]

• A network that connects computers in remote locations.

See also

• Client/server network
• LAN - local area network
• MAN - metropolitan area network
• Network
• Peer-to-peer network
• SAN - storage area network
• Stand alone computer
• WAN - wide area network

Footnotes

1. ^  Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005).
2. ^  American Document Management, Glossary of Terms, http://www.amdoc.com/glossary.shtml.