A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building, using network media. The defining characteristics of LANs, in contrast to wide area networks (WANs), include their smaller geographic area, and non-inclusion of leased telecommunicatio...
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(from the article `automation`) Other applications of automation in communications systems include local area networks, communications satellites, and automated mail-sorting ... ...of a switched network by ensuring that each node`s transmissions are received by all other nodes in the network. Therefore, a broadcast network ... Two ba...
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The connection of multiple computers within a building, so that they can share information, applications and peripherals. See Wide Area Network.
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computer network located on a user's premises within a limited geographical area NOTE - Communication within a local area network is not subject to external regulations; however, communication across the network boundary may be subject to some form of regulation.
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See LAN
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A data communications network serving a limited area such as a building or factory site.
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a network of computers within a limited area (e.g., a company or organization).
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n] - a local computer network for communication between computers
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LAN noun 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
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In computing, a network restricted to small groups of rooms or buildings. Local area networks may range in size from only a few devices to as many as a few thousand devices, usually personal computers acting as workstations, as well as peripheral devices, such as printers. Central to the LAN is the f...
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a system for linking private telecommunications equipment, as in a building or cluster of buildings. · a system for linking a number of microcomputers, terminals, work stations, etc. with each other or with a mainframe computer in order to share data, printers, information, programs, disks, etc.; usually confined to one office or building. ...
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