What is a WAN?

What is a WAN?

  • a network infrastructure that spans a limited physical area such as a city
  • a network infrastructure that provides access to other networks over a large geographic area
  • a network infrastructure that provides access in a small geographic area
  • a network infrastructure designed to provide data storage, retrieval, and replication

Explanation: A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a telecommunications network designed to span a relatively large geographical area, such as between cities, countries, or continents. Unlike a Local Area Network (LAN), which is restricted to a small area like a single building or campus, a WAN is used to interconnect remote users, networks, and sites that are geographically separated.

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