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Wide Area Network

Swedish translation: WAN

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English term or phrase:Wide Area Network
Swedish translation:WAN
Entered by: Florin Hulubei

10:48 Oct 10, 2006
English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology) / Retelistica
English term or phrase: Wide Area Network
Do you plan to install a Local Area Network (LAN) or connect to a Wide Area Network (WAN)?
Florin Hulubei
Local time: 21:37
WAN
Explanation:
Tycker man ser denna akronym överallt i svenska texter. Borde absolut funka!!!

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-10-10 11:04:40 GMT)
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... och likaså bör du kunna skriva LAN! :)
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Fredrik Vrang
Sweden
Local time: 20:37
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3WAN
Fredrik Vrang
4regionalt nätverk
Susanne Dyrhage
4icke-lokalt datornät (WAN)
Jan Sundström


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
wide area network
regionalt nätverk


Explanation:
Se http://cstjanster.idg.se/sprakwebben/ord.asp?ord=regionalt n...

Susanne Dyrhage
Sweden
Local time: 20:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 20
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
wide area network
WAN


Explanation:
Tycker man ser denna akronym överallt i svenska texter. Borde absolut funka!!!

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Note added at 15 mins (2006-10-10 11:04:40 GMT)
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... och likaså bör du kunna skriva LAN! :)

Fredrik Vrang
Sweden
Local time: 20:37
Native speaker of: Swedish
PRO pts in category: 14

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tomas Onsjö
1 hr
  -> Tackar! :)
agree  Martin Feuk
16 hrs
  -> Tackar! :)
agree  Mario Marcolin: ex vis "WAN (Wide Area Network )"
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Tack! Personligen skulle jag isf föredra att ange en svensk term inom parentes, t.ex. enligt Susannes eller Jans förslag.
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
wide area network
icke-lokalt datornät (WAN)


Explanation:
Datatermgruppens officiella översättning. Men WAN är ju numera en såpass etablerad förkortning, så man kan skriva WAN och sätta förklaringen inom parentes.


    Reference: http://www.nada.kth.se/dataterm/fkt.html
    Reference: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAN
Jan Sundström
Sweden
Local time: 20:37
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 31
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