| Wire such as is commonly used with net- |
| working, consisting of pairs of copper wire |
| usually terminating in an |
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UTP/STP | UTP – unshielded |
| wire without shielding. STP – shielded |
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| ing. |
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WAN | Wide Area Network, an interconnected set of |
| computers and other devices spread over a |
| large geographic area. (Often used synony- |
| mously with “internet.”) A WAN connection |
| might be the connection of two office build- |
| ings on different sides of the city, or a |
| connection to the Internet, for example. |
| Compare, “LAN.” |
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