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#+title: WAN
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Also called Wide Area Network. A wide area network is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area. Wide area networks are often established with leased telecommunication circuits.
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Businesses, as well as schools and government entities, use wide area networks to relay data to staff, students, [[id:70899526-8b7d-4976-94fc-cc07c41e550a][clients]], buyers and suppliers from various locations around the world. In essence, this mode of telecommunication allows a business to effectively carry out its daily function regardless of location. The Internet may be considered a WAN. Many WANs are, however, built for one particular organization and are private. WANs can be separated from local area networks ([[id:213d19d9-ca8d-42b1-998a-2f34d1d9cd4c][LAN]]s) in that the latter refers to physically proximal [[id:c9461f7b-7368-4b88-b90b-2d785fda2159][networks]].
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