LAN

LAN

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LAN

 (lăn)

n.

A system that links together electronic office equipment, such as computers and printers, and forms a network within an office, building, or group of buildings

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[l(ocal) a(rea) n(etwork).]

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LAN

abbreviation for

(Computer Science) local area network

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lo′cal-ar′ea net′work

n.

1. a system for linking private telecommunications equipment, as in a building or cluster of buildings.

2. a computer network confined to a limited area, linking esp. personal computers so that programs, data, peripheral devices, and processing tasks can be shared.

Also called LAN.

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

LAN - a local computer network for communication between computers; especially a network connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment to create a communication system between offices local area network busbar, bus - an electrical conductor that makes a common connection between several circuits; "the busbar in this computer can transmit data either way between any two components of the system" computer network - (computer science) a network of computers ethernet - a type of network technology for local area networks; coaxial cable carries radio frequency signals between computers at a rate of 10 megabits per second WiFi, wireless fidelity, wireless local area network, WLAN - a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol

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Translations

LANrete locale

LAN

[læn] N ABBR (Comput) =local area network → RAL f

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LAN

(Comput) abbr of local area network → LAN nt

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