wide-area network

基本解释

If the database goes down or if there are wide-area network access issues across the globe, the application is down.
如果數據庫損壞或者全侷出現大範圍的網絡訪問問題，那麽應用程序將宕機。
As a kind of information technology infrastructure, data grid provides basic framework for sharing large data collections in wide-area network.
作爲一種信息技術基礎設施，數據網格提供廣域網絡範圍內共享大的數據集的基本框架。
In addition to the ability to share test assets across boundaries, Rational Performance Tester enables you to conduct the load test across different locations through a WAN (wide-area network).
除此之外，跨邊界共享測試資産的能力，Rational Performance Tester 使您能夠通過一個廣域網（WAN）跨越不同的地理位置來執行負載測試。

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a network of computers interconnected over large distances, often by optical fibres or microwave communications ( abbr: WAN)