ALSO CALLED: Optical Ethernet, Optical Ethernet Area Networks, and Metro Optical Ethernet Networks DEFINITION: The technology that extends Ethernet beyond the local-area network (LAN) and into metropolitan-area networks (MAN) and wide-area networks (WAN). While Ethernet LANs are almost exclusively used within the enterprise, optical Ethernet technology can be used as a service provider offering.
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