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# Wide Area Network (WAN)

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The largest part of the world wide web is in the form of one big network. It is connected by a collection of smaller computer networks that are called Wide Area Networks (WANs). A WAN is a group network that firms, organizations, and institutions usually use to share information between their computers over long distances.

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