| English | German |
| area border router | Bereichsgrenzrouter (A router that is attached to multiple areas. Area border routers maintain separate topological databases for each area) |
| area chart | Flächendiagramm (A type of chart that displays the trend of values over time or categories. By displaying the sum of the plotted values, an area chart also shows the relationship of parts to a whole) |
| area code | Ortsvorwahl (A number that identifies each telephone service area in a country/region and is used as a dialing prefix) |
| area code | Ortskennzahl (A number that identifies each telephone service area in a country/region and is used as a dialing prefix) |
| Bluetooth Personal Area Network | Bluetooth-PAN (A service used to create Personal Area Networks using Bluetooth) |
| local area network | lokales Netzwerk (A network of computers, printers, and other devices located within a relatively limited area (for example, a building). A LAN enables any connected device to interact with any other on the network) |
| metropolitan area network | innerstädtisches Netzwerk (A highspeed network that can carry voice, data, and images at up to 200 Mbps or faster over distances of up to 75 km. Based on the network architecture, the transmission speed can be higher for shorter distances. A MAN, which can include one or more LANs as well as telecommunications equipment such as microwave and satellite relay stations, is smaller than a wide area network but generally operates at a higher speed) |
| Personal Area Network | persönliches Netzwerk (A small, Internet Protocol (IP)-based network. It is usually used for short-range, ad-hoc communication between devices and computers. A PAN may also be used to enable connectivity to a larger Local Area Network (LAN), Wide-Area Network (WAN), or the Internet. Windows XP supports the Bluetooth PAN service so you can create Personal Area Networks using Bluetooth) |
| storage area network | Storage Area Network (A set of interconnected devices (such as disks and tapes) and servers that are connected to a common communication and data transfer infrastructure such as Fibre Channel) |
| virtual local area network | virtuelles lokales Netzwerk (A logical grouping of hosts on one or more local area networks (LANs) that allows communication to occur between hosts as if they were on the same physical LAN) |
| wireless wide area network | Funkfernnetz (A wireless network that connects geographically separated locations by using telecommunications services, such as satellite, radio, and mobile phone technologies) |
