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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know what a Wide Area Network is. I'm just saying the acronym is ambiguous since the advent of WiFi

[-] MorphiusFaydal@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Not really. WAN has always been WAN. Wireless has always been WLAN.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

lan is local area network
wan is wide area network
wlan is wireless local
wwan is wireless wan

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