VPN en · NOUN
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of virtual private network.
alt of virtual private network
The disadvantages to roll-your-own are that the company is responsible for managing VPN configurations, and because traffic is transversing the Internet, there are no performance guarantees. Moreover, it typically is difficult to support latency-sensitive traffic, such as voice. However, a roll-your-own approach lets corporations establish a VPN to any site that has access to the Internet.
2002 April 8, Irwin Lazar, “Variations on a VPN theme”, in Network World, page 45:Most Chinese users watch HBO through virtual private networks, or VPNs.
2018 June 25, Lily Kuo, “China blocks HBO after John Oliver parody of Xi Jinping”, in The Guardian:When operating on customer MAC (C-MAC) and service MAC (S-MAC) addresses, PBB uses a new backbone MAC (B-MAC) address. The B-MAC address is added at the edge of the PBB network, that is administered by a carrier VPN or a carrier-of-carriers VPN.
2025 April 17, “Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) and EVPN Integration Overview”, in Juniper Networks, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2025:
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(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism) Initialism of virtual page number.
alt of virtual page number
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| VPNs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (12)
ja ブイピーエヌ (virtual private network) · ko 브이피엔 (virtual private network) · ru ви-пи-эн (virtual private network) · ja VPN (VPN) (virtual private network) · fr VPN (virtual private network) · de VPN (virtual private network) · fa فیلترشکن (virtual private network) · fa ویپیان (virtual private network) · fr vépéenne (virtual private network) · pt VPN (virtual private network) · fr RPV (virtual private network) · ru ВПН (virtual private network)