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WAN
Wide Area Network
WBS
Work Breakdown Structure
Work breakdown structure
A product-oriented listing, in family tree order, of the hardware, software, services, and other work tasks, which completely defines a product or program. The listing results from project engineering during the development and production of a materiel item. A WBS relates the elements of work to be accomplished to each other and to the end product.
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