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wide-area network

noun

  1. a computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area.


wide area network

noun

  1. computing a network of computers interconnected over large distances, often by optical fibres or microwave communications WAN
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

wide area network

/ wīd /

  1. See WAN
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Example Sentences

ShotSpotter uses a wide-area network of acoustic sensors to detect when and where a gun is being fired.

The eponymous low-power, wide-area network from its French parent claims to be the world’s largest IoT network.

It gathers location information via GPS and Wi-Fi and transmits it over the low-power Sigfox wide-area network.

The data is transmitted over a Low-Power Wide-Area Network designed for long-range communications at a low bit rate.

From BBC

Paul Singer's Elliott Management Corp had been pressing Riverbed to sell itself due to a slowdown in its main wide-area network optimization business and its struggle to integrate Opnet, a maker of software to manage traffic on networks that it bought in 2012 for about $1 billion.

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