Wide area network
nounid
4666·updated May 9, 2026verified
A computer network connecting different remote locations that may range from short distances, such as a floor or building, to extremely long transmissions that encompass a large region or several countries
MWE
Attested in
NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems
03.05.02 ¶ 23.2.2 ¶ 104
Classifications
Entity Type
Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- acronym
- WAN
- synonym
- WAN
- alternatephrasing
- Wide Area Network
- plural
- Wide area networks
- possessive
- Wide area network's
- pluralpossessive
- Wide area networks'
Framework definitions
- §1
- A computer network connecting different remote locations that may range from short distances, such as a floor or building, to extremely long transmissions that encompass a large region or several countries
- §1
- a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
- §1 · attested_usage_pack_match
- No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
- §1 · legacy_primary
- A computer network connecting different remote locations that may range from short distances, such as a floor or building, to extremely long transmissions that encompass a large region or several countriesDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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