Explaination:

A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a that covers a large geographical area located within a countryside and worldwide networks. (WAN) using a communications channel that combines many types of media such as telephone lines, cables and radio waves.

 Advantages:

*Message can be sent very quickly to anyone else on the network.
*Sharing of data or information is private and confidential.
Disadvantage:

*Encryption of secure data as financial transactions is necessary because it is even easier to capture data.
Examples:

such as city, country or the world
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