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What is Local Area Network (LAN)
1.
A computer
network
that covers a relatively small
area
, often confined to a building or group of buildings. Most connect workstations and personal computers (Webopedia.com, 2007a).
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2.
Computer
network
covering a small
local area
, like a home, office, or small group of buildings such as a home, office, or college.
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3.
An enclosed
network
connecting a collection of computers in a
local area
, such as an office, building, or college campus.
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4.
It is a computer
network
limited to a small
area
such as an office building, university, or even a residential home.
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5.
A group of computers and associated devices that share a common communications line or wireless link and typically share the resources of a single processor or server within a small geographic
area
.
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6.
LAN
is a computer
network
covering a small geographic
area
, like a home, office, or group of buildings. Each node or computer in the
LAN
has its own computing power but it can also access other devices on the
LAN
subject to the permissions it has been allowed. These could include data, processing power, and the ability to communicate or chat with other users in the
network
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7.
Network
, where inside of it there is not routing. There is in the
LAN
a router acting as gateway and the remained nodes are usually hosts without any routing functionality.
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8.
A data communications system that (a) lies within a limited spatial
area
, (b) has a specific user group, (c) has a specific topology, and (d) is not a public switched telecommunications
network
, but may be connected to one.
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9.
Network
where there is no routing. There is a router in the
LAN
acting as a gateway and the remaining nodes are usually hosts without any routing functionality.
Learn more in: A Clustering Model of the Application-Level Multicast
10.
A computer
network
covering a small geographic
area
, like a home, office, or group of buildings. The defining characteristics of
LAN
s, in contrast to Wide
Area Network
s (WANs), include their much higher data transfer rates, smaller geographic range, and lack of a need for leased telecommunication lines
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11.
A
network
covering a limited geographic distance, such as an office, building, or a group of buildings in close proximity to each other
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