| * | Cables | |||||
| * | Topologies
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| * | Wireless |
| * | International |
| * | National |
| * | Multi-state/regional |
| * | Statewide |
| * | Sub-state/regional |
Networks
Copyright © 2010 C. Herbert Carson
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Computers within a limited area that are linked together by cables or wireless are called Local Area Networks (LAN). Various topologies are used to configure LANs.
Wide Area Networks (WAN) link systems over greater distances, usually through telecommunications, providing high speed links between computers in one location and those in other locations over large geographic areas. Library WANs exist at the following levels: international, national, multi-state/regional, statewide, and sub-state regional.