local area network (LAN)
Definition
User owned and operated short-distance cable and/or wireless-based data communication system that interconnects one or more servers with several client computers and peripheral devices (modems, printers, scanners, etc.) scattered across a room, building, or a cluster of buildings. Two major LAN standards are Ethernet and Token Ring. See also Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
local area network (LAN) is in the Data Management, Communications, & Networks subject.
local area network (LAN) appears in the definitions of the following terms:
network,
digital data service (DDS),
unshielded twisted pair (UTP),
video-conferencing,
wireless lan (WLAN),
token ring network,
LAN,
baseband,
packet,
Wi-Fi
and
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