personal area network
English
Noun
personal area network (plural personal area networks)
- A communications network intended for devices within one person's workspace (a small room or cubicle); it is typically wireless.
- Synonym: PAN (acronym)
- Hypernyms: network, computer network < network
- Coordinate terms: LAN, local area network
- Near-synonym: WPAN (broadly synonymous)
Translations
very short range wireless network
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See also
- Bluetooth
- body area network
- near field communications