carry out its daily functions regardless of location. The Internet may be considered a WAN. Many WANs are, however, built for one particular organization and are private. WANs can be separated from local area networks (LANs) in that the latter refers to physically proximal networks.

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The textbook definition of a WAN is a computer network spanning regions, countries, or even the world. However, in terms of the application of communication protocols

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