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Are "PAN" (Personal Area Network) and "ad-hoc network" two terms for the same thing?

When searching the Internet for help solving various issues involving networking my devices via Bluetooth and/or Wi-Fi it seems that the terms "ad-hoc network" and "personal area network" (PAN) are ...
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Setting up a Bluetooth PAN

I am trying to create a Bluetooth PAN between two devices where I can access REST based web services over the Bluetooth connection. I have had some success with various proof of concepts (both ...
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Is this a PAN or a WAN?

When we connect two computers to each other using a medium and no other computer is connected to them, would we call this network a PAN or a LAN? We usually connect peripheral devices in the case of ...
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