WAN

Communications Systems Glossary

Communications Systems — Network — WAN

Information on WAN

A WAN is an internetwork. The networks of a WAN are connected using internetworking devices, typically routers and gateways.

Other topics in our resources on Communications Systems related to WAN include: 

internetwork Campus network

Local area network (LAN) Internetworking

Network interface card (NIC) ISO OSI reference model

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