A network that connects computers in a small, pre-determined area (like a room, building or set of buildings). LANs can also be connected to each other via telephone lines and radio waves. Workstations and personal computers in an office are commonly connected to each other with a LAN. This allows them to have send/receive files and/or have access to the files and data. Each computer connected to a LAN is called a node.
A communications facility covering a relatively small geographic area (usually measured in buildings or blocks, not miles) which interconnects communications devices such as terminals, personal computers, servers, and host computers.
allowing multiple computers within a limited geographical area to communicate and share computer resources (see WAN).
Your home network is considered a LAN. Also see WAN.
A network of computers that is limited to the proximate area, the same building or floor of a building.
A network consisting of machines within close physical proximity to each other, for example on a single floor of a building.
A collection of hosts connected together into a small-scale network e.g. a small business or department. Large organisations may contain several LANs. Most LANs are built around Ethernet or Token Ring technology.
A local area network is a group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line and typically share the resources of a single processor or server within a small geographic area (for example, within an office building).
Computer network limited to one single location, usually an office.
A set of computers connected to a single network so that they can share files. Computers on a LAN are usually housed in one building or over a small geographic area.
A computer network limited to the immediate area - often the same building.
A computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the some building or floor a building.
connects over a fairly small physical area such as an office or home.
usually represents a campus or building network where computers ar ephysically connected by cables. You can also have Wide Area Networks (WANs) to connect sites around the country or the world. A Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) links sites around a city or large university.
These are common-place in offices and are used to link 2 or more computers for the purpose of sharing files and/or peripherals. A LAN refers to a network that spans a relatively small geographical area and/or is limited to one segment, for example an office floor-space. LANs provide high speed data transfer (100Kbps to 1Gbps) between directly connected machines using different network topologies and protocols, See also Ethernet and WAN. WLAN refers to a Wireless LAN which uses radio waves instead of cables for data transfer, this type of LAN is extremely useful but can be expensive depending on the amount of terminals involved.
A computer system that links computers, printers, and other devices in a confined area, such as a building or a campus.
Local network within a defined area, using a fast transmission medium such as Ethernet.