WAN

A WAN interface card is a specialised network interface card (NIC) that allows a network
device such as a router to connect and transmit data over a Wide Area Network. A WIC has a
built-in channel service data unit (CSU/DSU) interface to connect to a digital circuit and
provide error correction and line monitoring.

A WIC is usually inserted into an expansion slot in a network router.

There are also CISCO HWIC's (High-Speed WAN Interface Cards) for data transmissions
and CISCO VWIC's (Voice WAN Interface Cards) for both voice and data transmissions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAN_Interface_Card
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