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VPN

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noun VPNs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism 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
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of virtual page number

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Vietnam People's Navy

    Similar: HQNDVN

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: pos, device, npv, ip, vpns, router, firewall, dhcp, lan, telnet, network topology, adsl, subnet, voip, ssh, ethernet

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noun virtual private network

한국어브이피엔 beu'ipien
日本語ブイピーエヌ bui-pī-enu, VPN (VPN)
PortuguêsVPN
FrançaisVPN, RPV, vépéenne
DeutschVPN
РусскийВПН VPN, ви-пи-эн vi-pi-en

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@misc{vpn_2026,
  title = {VPN},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vpn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}