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WAN
Wide Area Network (WAN). A compute r network covering a broad geo graphical area. WANs are used to
connect local area networks (LANs) tog ether, so that users and comput ers in one location can
communicate with users and compute rs in other locations.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) refers to any sy stem that uses the 802.11 standa rd, which was developed by the
Institute of Electrical and Electronics En gineers (IEEE) and released in 1 997.
WWAN
Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN). Also called "wireless broadband " or "broadband wireless,"
wireless WANs (WWANs) use cellular to wers to transmit a wireless signa l over a range of several miles to
a mobile device compared to wireless Wi-Fi LANs (WLANs), which span only a few hundred feet and
generally to only stationary devices.