wide area network
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3.3
- noun
- /waɪd ˈɛəriə ˈnɛtˌwɜrk/
- Specialized
:
red de área amplia
- With a strong wide area network, remote employees can collaborate efficiently with their teams in different cities.
- local and wide area network
Examples
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Our company's wide area network connects several offices across the country, ensuring seamless communication.
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In the second half of the course, they are required to use the email system to coordinate proposal development for the combined local/wide area network case.
Academic text (1991) -
Local area networks (LANs) are emphasized; however, wide area networks are also addressed.
Academic text (1991) -
The program is designed to allow teachers to share curriculum ideas and lesson plans electronically, and to support the central management of school districts' wide area networks.
Academic text (2007) -
Stabilization activities also helped facilitate the migration of the Secret Service's wide area network to DHS OneNet, which has resulted in faster access to network resources.
Blog text (13) -
The adoption of communication technologies such as fiber optic cable and wide-area networks for real-time programming by some community colleges has led to much discussion.
Academic text (1996) -
Another exciting achievement last year was the expansion of ASME's internal wide area network (WAN) permitting instantaneous electronic communications between ASME locations.
Academic text (1998) -
Wide area networks (WANs) are useful for healthcare delivery systems that have far-flung operating units in order to interchange information, create computer-based patient records, and develop integrated outcome measures and statistics.
Academic text (1996) -
The university's wide area network allows students to access online resources from any campus location.
Synonyms
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2.8
A group of computers and devices that are connected to share files and printers
3
4.9
A network that connects computers and offices across cities or countries
A group of connected computers in different places that share data
Antonyms
- Specialized
1
3.5
A network that connects computers and devices in one building like an office
How Wide
∞
2.7
- US
2
7.4
- Specialized
1
3.3
- Specialized
1
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a computer network that covers a large geographic area' is directly derivable from combining 'wide' (broad in scope) + 'area' (region) + 'network' (interconnected systems), with the compound following a clear modifier-head pattern where 'wide area' specifies the network's geographic extent. This compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and therefore a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term wide area network may come from a simple image: a network of lines spread across a wide area, like a big net covering different towns. That's why it now means a computer system that 'connects' smaller local networks over long distances.