"VPN" meaning in English

See VPN in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: VPNs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} VPN (plural VPNs)
  1. (computing) Initialism of virtual private network. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: virtual private network Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: PPTP, L2TP Translations (virtual private network): VPN (english: excluding Canada) [masculine] (French), RPV [Canada, masculine] (French), vépéenne [masculine] (French), VPN [feminine, neuter] (German), ویپیان (vi-pi-en) (Persian), فیلترشکن (filteršekan) (Persian), VPN [feminine] (Portuguese)

Inflected forms

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