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<p>A <b>metropolitan area network</b> (<b>MAN</b>) is a <a href="page.php?w=computer_network">computer network</a> that interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic region of the size of a <a href="page.php?w=metropolitan_area">metropolitan area</a>. The term MAN is applied to the interconnection of <a href="page.php?w=local_area_networks">local area networks</a> (LANs) in a city into a single larger network which may then also offer efficient connection to a <a href="page.php?w=wide_area_network">wide area network</a>. The term is</p><p>
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