VPN
noun
plural VPNs
: a private computer network that functions over a public network : virtual private network
As more employees connect to their office networks from home, they expose the company to attack. A VPN lets companies use the Internet as a secure pathway into their existing network.—
Michael Bertin
Michael BertinVPNs help cloak your browsing information from your internet provider. When you use VPN software, your device connects to a VPN provider's servers. That way, all your web traffic passes through the VPN provider's internet connection.—Brian X. Chen
Brian X. ChenExamples of VPN in a Sentence
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Over the last two years, Netflix has developed an open-source tool, Open VPN, that sychnronizes color camera spaces with a LED panel, allowing for complex in-camera VFX, with much more VFX being moved from post to pre-production.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
There are pockets where Bitcoin has density – for example, online on networks like Nostr, and in particular online services, especially those that are more privacy-focused, such as Proton, Mullvad VPN, and LNVPN.
—Roger Huang, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
However, to watch Network 10’s streaming service in the US, Americans will first need a VPN, a service that allows users to set their computer’s location to another country and access websites that would otherwise be restricted by location.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
Stripped of the security suite extras in Norton VPN Ultimate, Norton VPN Standard still has a ways to go in order to stand on its own against more feature-rich and privacy-focused competitors.
—PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
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John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
There are pockets where Bitcoin has density – for example, online on networks like Nostr, and in particular online services, especially those that are more privacy-focused, such as Proton, Mullvad VPN, and LNVPN.
—Roger Huang, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
However, to watch Network 10’s streaming service in the US, Americans will first need a VPN, a service that allows users to set their computer’s location to another country and access websites that would otherwise be restricted by location.
—Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
Stripped of the security suite extras in Norton VPN Ultimate, Norton VPN Standard still has a ways to go in order to stand on its own against more feature-rich and privacy-focused competitors.
—PC Magazine, 3 Sep. 2025
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“VPN.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/VPN. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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