Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A communications network that uses such devices as telephone lines, satellite dishes, or radio waves to span a larger geographic area than can be covered by a LAN.
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- noun computing Acronym of
wide area network .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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According to Nemertes Research's just-released 2010/2011 benchmark study, although a minority (28%) of organizations are predicting an increase in WAN bandwidth, those who are predicting an increase are anticipating a doozy.
The new WAN architecture: a blueprint Johna Till Johnson 2010
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The future of cloud networking, and the only way to enable the full value of cloud compute cycles, is in WAN optimization.
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Because the dramatic increase in WAN bandwidth is driving many organizations to revisit how they're architecting their WANs.
The new WAN architecture: a blueprint Johna Till Johnson 2010
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Some travelers who do not want to rely on finding an 802.11 hotspot are opting for a snap-in WAN (wide area network) PC Card that uses wireless cell phone technology to log onto the Internet.
Q & A: How to surf the Net — wirelessly — from your laptop | Sync Blog 2007
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Identified as the WAN optimization controller Advanced Platform worldwide market share leader for Q1'11 based on revenue in the Gartner report, "Market Share: Application Acceleration Equipment, Worldwide, 1Q'11" published by J.
unknown title 2011
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WAN optimization devices, commonly termed WAN accelerators, have been developed to further enhance these delay-avoidance techniques by operating in tandem using specific protocols that are designed for such tandem devices.
FreshPatents.com: Notable Patent Applications - 05/06/2010 2010
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Well, the first thing to realize is that what we're going to call WAN acceleration in this episode is referred to by several different terms in the industry.
TechRepublic Blogs Jason Hiner 2010
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Customers can connect to the service through a Gen-i internet service or via Gen-i's private IP network called WAN Services.
Reseller News 2010
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Mr Wharton said WAN, which is 23 per cent owned by Seven Network, had weeks in November and December that were up on the highly profitable previous year.
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The WAN is the new LAN, and Riverbed's leading technology and products are what enable the network to support these IT initiatives.
Networking Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010
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