URI: <http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh91002469#concept>

Type: Topical Term

Alternate Labels: WANs (Computer networks)

Broader Terms:

• Computer networks
• Electronic data processing--Distributed processing

Narrower Terms:

• Advantis (Computer network)
• ARPANET (Computer network)
• Bionet (Computer network)
• BITNET (Computer network)
• DDN (Computer network)
• Extranets (Computer networks)
• Internet
• Intranets (Computer networks)
• National Research and Education Network (Computer network)
• NSFNET (Computer network)
• SchoolNet (Computer network)
• SURAnet (Computer network)
• Switched multi-megabit data service
• Usenet (Computer network)

Editorial Notes:

• Hennepin; IAC; Random House; Web. 3

Sources:

• Work cat.: WAN gateways, c1990 (WAN, Wide area networks)
• ASTI: under Wide area networks.
• Engr. index: pt. IX, p. 9253 (Wide area networks, WANs)
• McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech. (A system consisting of a set of nodes that are interconnected by a set of links, and generally covers a large geographic area, usually on the order of hundreds of miles. Abbr; WAN)

LC Classification: TK5105.87

Created: 1991-05-16

Last Modified: 1992-05-18 10:24:05

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