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For those who know English and don't know much about computing The MAN network concept may sound like “red man” to you. Returning to our "network" refers to a normal network of type like Internet, “MAN” is an English acronym that stands for “Metropolitan Area Network”. Thus, we have as a literal meaning, Metropolitan Area Network ”. Once the term is explained, it must be said that its own translation defines it, it is a network in a metropolitan area.

There are many types of MAN network but the function performed by these various types is essentially to provide an area where many people live and / or work an interconnection so that the inhabitants of that area can share video and voice over a copper cable or from

optical fiber. There are other terms like LAN network, translated; local area network, as well as translated WAN network; wide-range network, the MAN network differs from the other two mentioned (LAN AND WAN) in that its maintenance It is considerably less expensive and you can always predict how many people will connect to the network simultaneously, not accurately predicting but with very little margin of error, it is because of this reason that when we are on vacation in an area, sometimes the network of the resting place goes down because Suddenly more people connect than the network supports and it "gets stuck" so to speak way.

MAN networks are based on the IEEE standard (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) translated as Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. This standard gives the network reliability, stability, safety in addition to other favorable qualities that contribute to lowering the cost of its maintenance. A MAN network can be made up of a few LAN networks or even many LAN networks, it can be made and include within its structure other smaller networks etc., the combinations are many.

MAN networks can have many applications, such as video surveillance, WIFI zones in addition to the typical internet connection and many other applications that we will not discuss. They can be public or private, the private ones are the well-known internet providers for example and the public ones are those that connect a whole series of public buildings to a database central to coordinate, for example, the census of workers who contribute to the social Security.

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