Word Study
lan
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lan has 1 sense
- lan(n = noun.artifact) local area network - 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; Array has parts: bus, busbar
is a kind of computer network
has particulars: ethernet, wifi, wireless fidelity, wireless local area network, wlan
CIDE DICTIONARY
lan, n. [Local Area Network.].
A local area network ; a network{3} connecting computers and word processors and other electronic office equipment within a small area, to create an inter-office system, typically within one building or one site of a corporation. Contrasted to WAN , a wide-area network. [WordNet 1.5]
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