WAN (Wide Area Network)

A network that covers a wide geographic area such as a state, province,

region, or country.The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) is a voice-oriented WAN.The Internet is a data-oriented public WAN.WANs can serve to interconnect LANs and MANs. See also LAN and MAN.

• Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
• Aloha
• AlohaNet
• alpha
• alternate mark inversion (AMI)
• alternating current (AC)
• Alternative Access Vendor (AAV)
• Altos Aloha Network
• ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit)
• always on
• always on/dynamic ISDN (AODI)
• AM (Amplitude Modulation)
• AM (Amplitude Modulation)
• amateur radio service
• amateur radio service
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)
• American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)
• American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T)
• American Wire Gauge (AWG)
• AMI (Alternate Mark Inversion)
• AMIS (Audio Messaging Interchange Specification)
• amp (ampere)
• ampere (A)
• amplifier