In contrast with a system of owned or leased lines that can only be used by one company, the VPN gives the company the same capabilities at much lower cost by using the shared public infrastructure rather than a private one. 2 See also managed virtual private network . Often capable of replicating itself. 4 W Web Hosting See Hosting . A communications network that connects computing devices over a broad geographical area such as a region, state, or country.
WANs use phone lines or dedicated communication lines.
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