Meanings
plural wide area networks · alternative wide-area network
- computingA computer network that covers a large geographic area.
Synonyms: WAN · Antonyms: LAN, local area network, PAN, personal area network, WPAN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA computer network that covers a large geographic area.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 廣域網 /广域网, 外網 /外网
- 廣域網 /广域网 (guǎngyùwǎng)network
- 外網 /外网 (wàiwǎng)network
- 公網 /公网 (gōngwǎng)network
Finnish laajaverkko
- laajaverkkonetwork
French réseau étendu, WAN
- réseau étendunetwork
- WANnetwork
German Wide Area Network, Weitverkehrsnetz
- Wide Area Networknetwork
- Weitverkehrsnetznetwork
Greek δίκτυο ευρείας περιοχής
- δίκτυο ευρείας περιοχής (díktyo evreías periochís)network
Hebrew רֶשֶׁת תִּקְשֹׁרֶת מֶרְחָבִית
- רֶשֶׁת תִּקְשֹׁרֶת מֶרְחָבִיתnetwork
Japanese ワイド・エリア・ネットワーク, ワン
- ワイド・エリア・ネットワーク (waido-eria-nettowāku)network
- ワンnetwork
Polish rozległa sieć komputerowa
- rozległa sieć komputerowanetwork
Russian глоба́льная компью́терная сеть, ГКС
- глоба́льная компью́терная сеть (globálʹnaja kompʹjútɛrnaja setʹ)network
- ГКС (GKS)network
Vietnamese mạng diện rộng
- mạng diện rộngnetwork
Cite this entry
wide area network. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide%20area%20network
“wide area network.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide%20area%20network. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wide area network,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wide%20area%20network.
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