Explain in short the meanings of PAN, LAN, HAN, SAN, and WAN.

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 PAN: This signifies Personal Area Network. It is a connection which is used by a person.

 LAN: This stands for Local Area Network and is a connection of all computers in a small location like school, office, etc.

 HAN: This stands for Home Area Network and helps in connecting devices from some PCs, phone, fax machines, etc.

 SAN: This stands for Storage Area Network. It is a connection between different storage devices.

 WAN: This is an acronym for Wide Area Network. It connects various devices, phones, printers, etc. over a wide network which can be different cities or countries and even continents.


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