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Wide area network

nounid 4666·updated May 9, 2026
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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

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Classifications

Entity Type

Network95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
WAN
plural
Wide area networks
possessive
Wide area network's
pluralpossessive
Wide area networks'

Framework definitions

ISACA Cybersecurity Glossary1 senseview framework →
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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

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