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WIDE AREA NETWORK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wide area network mean?
• WIDE AREA NETWORK (noun)
The noun WIDE AREA NETWORK has 1 sense:
1. a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
Familiarity information: WIDE AREA NETWORK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
WAN; wide area network
Hypernyms ("wide area network" is a kind of...):
computer network ((computer science) a network of computers)
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