Network configurations

There exist several contemporary standards for defining a network type. These are a standard of the OSI model. Several of these are newspeak, but still good to know.

Name	Full-Name ! Description
LAN	Local Area Network	A Network consisting of computers all connected to a central switch. Has three use-specific subsets.
HAN	Home-area Network	A subset of LAN, for home networks
SAN	Storage-area Network	A subset of LAN, for storage.
WLAN	Wireless Local-area Network	A subset of LAN, running on Wireless Networking.
WAN	Wide-area Network	A LAN connected to another LAN by some means. An early example of this is UUCP
PAN	Personal Area Network	A newer term meaning a network of devices on your own person. For example, a Smart Phone connecting to a Bluetooth headset and a Smart Watch.
BAN	Body-area Network	A variant PAN to specify body-wearable computing
NAN	Near-me Area Network	Wireless communication network with nearby computers
MAN	Metropolis Area Network	You know how some small towns have created Wi-Fi networks you can connect to for a small fee you pay to your City Hall? This is what that's called.
CAN	Campus Area Network	Like MAN, but by your University for use on the campus.
IAN	Internet-area Network	Perhaps the most Newspeak, this simply means computers connected over the newspeak term "The Cloud" and has little real meaning whatsoever.

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