san

n. Stands for storage area network. A special high-speed network that connects computers to large amounts of data storage.

n. Abbreviation for storage area network. A dedicated high-speed network or subnetwork that interconnects and presents shared pools of storage devices to multiple servers.

“The company upgraded its SAN to make sure the database could handle more users.”

“By implementing a robust SAN, the enterprise ensured that its mission-critical applications had low-latency access to centralised storage arrays.”

Technical

n. an ancient Greek letter that looked like an 'M' but sounded like 'S'.

n. an archaic letter of the Greek alphabet (uppercase Ϻ, lowercase ϻ) that was used in certain dialects before being replaced by sigma.

“The historian found the letter san in an old inscription from the city of Corinth.”

“In some Doric inscriptions, the letter san appears as a distinct sibilant, though it eventually fell out of use in favour of the standard sigma.”

Archaic