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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 sometimes used interchangeably.
Do they actually mean the same thing?
Or is one properly a subset of the other?
Or is PAN standardized and ad-hoc not?
Or is one term preferred by one or more companies, OSes, communities?
1Arguably, Bluetooth classic is a PAN that is not ad-hoc, mostly using your phone as the hub. Whereas BLE is very ad-hoc. – Aron – 2019-11-11T03:52:15.370