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[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

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