What is Local Area Network (LAN)

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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). Learn more in: Mobile Computing and Commerce Legal Implications

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Computer network covering a small local area, like a home, office, or small group of buildings such as a home, office, or college. Learn more in: Privacy and Security Challenges in the Internet of Things

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An enclosed network connecting a collection of computers in a local area, such as an office, building, or college campus. Learn more in: Online Learning's Future in the Workplace with Augmented Reality

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It is a computer network limited to a small area such as an office building, university, or even a residential home. Learn more in: Join The Board: A New Way of Collaborative Learning

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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. Learn more in: Organizational Learning Facilitation with Intranet (2.0): A Socio-Cultural Approach

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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 Learn more in: Broadband Solutions for the Last Mile to Malaysian Residential Customers

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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. Learn more in: Thematic-Based Group Communication

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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. Learn more in: Dark Optical Fiber Models for Broadband Networked Cities

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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

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A computer network covering a small geographic area, like a home, office, or group of buildings. The defining characteristics of LANs, in contrast to Wide Area Networks (WANs), include their much higher data transfer rates, smaller geographic range, and lack of a need for leased telecommunication lines Learn more in: Strong Networks Grow Distance Learning

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A network covering a limited geographic distance, such as an office, building, or a group of buildings in close proximity to each other Learn more in: Inside the Microcosm: A Case Study of a Wireless Internet Hotspot