Envoy Application Programming Manual

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Glossary
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wide area network (WAN)
components including the WAN manager process, the ConMgr and WANBoot
processes, and the WAN subsystem SCF interface.
wide area network (WAN). A communication system that connects geographically dispersed
sites or local area networks (LANs). WANs are primarily used to interconnect an
organization’s voice, video, data, and computer business systems including LANs. A
WAN links these communications systems outside the organization’s properties and
crosses public areas that are regulated by local, national, or international authorities.
wild-card character. A character that stands for any possible character or characters in a
search string or in a name applying to multiple objects. In Subsystem Control Facility
(SCF) object-name templates, two wild-card characters can appear: ? (question mark)
for a single character and * (asterisk) for zero or more consecutive characters.