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A '''Metropolitan Area Network''' ('''MAN''') is a [[network]] that spans a city and consists of various buildings interconnected via either [[wireless]] or [[FiOS]] backbones.

A '''Metropolitan Area Network''' ('''MAN''') is a computer [[network]] that spans a city or metropolitan area consisting of numerous interconnected buildings. These are larger than [[Local Area Network]]s, and typically service thousands of people. However, a MAN cannot be classified as a [[Wide Area Network]] since access to is is geographically limited to a relatively small space.

Manhattan in [[New York City]] is an example of a  MAN.<ref>[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F4525555%2F4525556%2F04526067.pdf&authDecision=-203 IEEE Xplore]</ref>

An example of a  MAN can be found in Manhattan (in [[New York City]]).<ref>[http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/login.jsp?url=http%3A%2F%2Fieeexplore.ieee.org%2Fiel5%2F4525555%2F4525556%2F04526067.pdf&authDecision=-203 IEEE Xplore]</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==

* [[Internet security]]

* [[Internet security]]

[[Category:Networks]]

[[Category:Networks]]