"WAN" meaning in English

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "LAN"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "WANs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "WAN (plural WANs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wide area network"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Networking",
          "orig": "en:Networking",
          "parents": [
            "Computing",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Message latency is much more of an issue on a WAN than on a LAN."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acronym of wide area network."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "LPWAN"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-WAN-en-noun-YdrHDkbf",
      "links": [
        [
          "networking",
          "networking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "wide area network",
          "wide area network#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(networking) Acronym of wide area network."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Internet"
        },
        {
          "word": "LAN"
        },
        {
          "word": "network"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "networking",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "DEP",
          "sense": "(abbreviation) wide area network",
          "word": "ΔΕΠ"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ban danh dom bon tu leay",
          "sense": "(abbreviation) wide area network",
          "word": "បណ្ដាញតំបន់ទូលាយ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "(abbreviation) wide area network",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "WAN"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "wɛɛn",
          "sense": "(abbreviation) wide area network",
          "word": "แวน"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wæn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "WAN"
}

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "LAN"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "WANs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "WAN (plural WANs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "word": "LPWAN"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Internet"
    },
    {
      "word": "LAN"
    },
    {
      "word": "network"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wide area network"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English 1-syllable words",
        "English acronyms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:English/æn",
        "Rhymes:English/æn/1 syllable",
        "en:Networking"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Message latency is much more of an issue on a WAN than on a LAN."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Acronym of wide area network."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "networking",
          "networking#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "wide area network",
          "wide area network#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(networking) Acronym of wide area network."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "abbreviation",
        "acronym",
        "alt-of"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "networking",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wæn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "DEP",
      "sense": "(abbreviation) wide area network",
      "word": "ΔΕΠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "ban danh dom bon tu leay",
      "sense": "(abbreviation) wide area network",
      "word": "បណ្ដាញតំបន់ទូលាយ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(abbreviation) wide area network",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "WAN"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wɛɛn",
      "sense": "(abbreviation) wide area network",
      "word": "แวน"
    }
  ],
  "word": "WAN"
}