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Essential Computer Hardware
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Essential Computer Hardware

by Kevin Wilson
August 2024
Beginner
188 pages
4h 25m
English
Packt Publishing
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Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs)

A metropolitan area network is a network that connects computers in a region larger than a local area network (LAN) but smaller than a wide area network (WAN), and is usually an interconnection of networks in a city that form a single larger network.

In this example, we have a university campus network with buildings spread all over the city.

Each campus has its own LAN, and the LAN at each campus is linked together to form a much larger network called a MAN.

These could be linked using fibre optic cables or even a virtual private network using the internet.

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