Wide area networkA wide area network (WAN) is a computer network that covers a large geographic area such as a city, country, or spans even intercontinental distances.

Five miles is a long distance to walk.

It was once used as a form of long distance communication.

Have you ever been in a long distance relationship?

Mega farms, feed lots, chemical amendments, long distance travel, food processing.

At the same time, safer transportation techniques have enabled long distance movement.

And over those long distances, its signal is very faint when it reaches us.

Long distance cycle races were a popular means to sell more newspapers, but nothing of the length that Lefèvre suggested had been attempted.

And the thing which you'd most like to analyze, we're a fair distance from.

The migration between the ice and the beach can be long distance and dramatic.

Bastian Mawatha handles long distance services whereas Gunasinghapura and Central handle local services.

Despite the long distance, the two countries (and their neighbours) share a common Bantu heritage.

Rogaining is a sport of long distance cross country navigation, involving both route planning and navigation between checkpoints using a variety of map types.

The first long distance line from Boston to New York was used in 1885 on the phone.

The Volta a Portugal em bicicleta is a long distance road bicycle race for professionals held in Portugal.

To pay the costs of the war, Congress passed an excise tax on long distance phone service.

There are a vast number and it is highly probable that from time to time one of them will, at least to some extent, resemble one of those from your dreams.

Anderson later extended it into the book The Long Tail Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More (2006).

And I still feel I'm running, it's just the training to become a long distance papercutter.

SS He talks to other Bonobos at the lab, long distance, farther than we can hear.

remote members of or participants in a domestic regulated market .

Every time you do that you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before...

So it makes you think about how to design your equipment for long range, away from a safe haven.

Meanwhile, Seth and Summer face the problems of a long distance relationship as Summer goes off to attend college.

You know, 50 meters can be a long distance if you are totally exposed, but we managed to reach the shelter.

Rail transport in the Philippines plays a vital role of transporting passengers and cargo within major cites as well as long distance travel.

Den called the group Za Ondekoza or Ondekoza for short, and implemented a rigorous set of exercises for its members including long distance running.

More specifically, I want you to feel like you're capable of becoming an excellent long distance swimmer, a world class language learner, and a tango champion.

Road racing events can be of virtually any distance, but the most common and well known are the marathon, half marathon, 10 km and 5 km.

Earlier games featured a miniature representation of the expansive areas between towns and other distinct locations, used for long distance traveling.

The torpedo boat would back away to a safe distance and detonate the torpedo, usually by means of a long cord attached to a trigger.

You hear the reverberation as the sound travels over long range in the ocean and is not quite as loud.

Iraq used Tu 22 Blinder and Tu 16 Badger strategic bombers to carry out long range high speed raids on Iranian cities, including Tehran.

NSB operates long haul trains, including night trains, regional services and four commuter train systems, around Oslo, Trondheim, Bergen and Stavanger.

Blood flowed from both creating organs to all parts of the body where it was consumed and there was no return of blood to the heart or liver.

The road network was also made more extensive, and the construction of RAF Mount Pleasant allowed access to long haul flights.

The biologists continued to be skeptical of the long range communication issue well past the '70s, until the end of the Cold War.

The release of Cinderella in 1950 proved that feature length animation could still succeed in the marketplace.

Archaeological research of the region has also contributed greatly to our understanding of the landscape and long distance interactions that took place during these ancient times.

After the introduction of the Shinkansen in 1964, high speed rail in Asia and Europe started taking passengers on long haul routes from airlines.

X.75, a very similar protocol to X.25, defines the interface between two X.25 networks to allow connections to traverse two or more networks.

They attacked again successfully on 26 March, this time after a pre mission artillery barrage and with support from F A 18 Hornet jets, with no gunships lost.

By late 1987, the Iraqi Air Force could count on direct American support for conducting long range operations against Iranian infrastructural targets and oil installations deep in the Persian Gulf.

Most fungi lack an efficient system for long distance transport of water and nutrients, such as the xylem and phloem in many plants.

Business models Competitive impact Before a long tail works, only the most popular products are generally offered.