Wide area network - Revision history

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A '''wide area network''' (usually abbreviated to '''WAN''') is a network with extended geographical scope (often country-wide, or even larger). They are constructed out of [[point-point link]]s connectd together with [[router]]s. The first WAN's operated at low speed, 9600 [[baud rate|baud]] or 56K baud. With the advent of [[fiber optic]]s, they now operate at high speed (originally in the range of 1 mega-[[bit]]/second, although speeds of 1 giga-bit/second and up are now common).

The [[ARPANET]] was one of the first WANs, and formed the base of the early [[Internet]].

==See also==

* [[Local area network]]

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−	A '''wide area network''' (usually abbreviated to '''WAN''') is a [[data network]] with extended geographical scope (often country-wide, or even larger). They are constructed out of [[point-point link]]s connected together with [[router]]s. The first WAN's operated at low speed, 9600 [[baud rate\|baud]] or 56K baud. With the advent of [[fiber optic]]s, they now operate at high speed (originally in the range of 1 mega-[[bit]]/second, although speeds of 1 giga-bit/second and up are now common).	+	A '''wide area network''' (usually abbreviated to '''WAN''') is a [[data network]] with extended geographical scope (often country-wide, or even larger). They are constructed out of [[point-to-point link]]s connected together with [[router]]s. The first WAN's operated at low speed, 9600 [[baud rate\|baud]] or 56K baud. With the advent of [[fiber optic]]s, they now operate at high speed (originally in the range of 1 mega-[[bit]]/second, although speeds of 1 giga-bit/second and up are now common).

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-A '''wide area network''' (usually abbreviated to '''WAN''') is a network with extended geographical scope (often country-wide, or even larger). They are constructed out of [[point-point link]]s connectd together with [[router]]s. The first WAN's operated at low speed, 9600 [[baud rate|baud]] or 56K baud. With the advent of [[fiber optic]]s, they now operate at high speed (originally in the range of 1 mega-[[bit]]/second, although speeds of 1 giga-bit/second and up are now common).
+A '''wide area network''' (usually abbreviated to '''WAN''') is a [[data network]] with extended geographical scope (often country-wide, or even larger). They are constructed out of [[point-point link]]s connected together with [[router]]s. The first WAN's operated at low speed, 9600 [[baud rate|baud]] or 56K baud. With the advent of [[fiber optic]]s, they now operate at high speed (originally in the range of 1 mega-[[bit]]/second, although speeds of 1 giga-bit/second and up are now common).
 The [[ARPANET]] was one of the first WANs, and formed the base of the early [[Internet]].
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