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Wide Area Network (WAN)

Last updated August 24, 2026
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CLI 
di get-glossary --slug wide-area-network
REST 
GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/fc2d723d-0da9-49c0-8682-6317671c495f
Test via MCP 
curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"wide-area-network"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

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The record

This is what the machine sees: the exact JSON-LD an agent receives for this listing.

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BlogPosting Sector Intelligence: Observability and Threat Detection Updates BlogPosting Sector Intelligence: SD-WAN & SASE Advances BlogPosting Sector Intelligence: Viasat, Huawei Enhance Connectivity Solutions and 4 more on this page