local area network

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local area network (LAN),

a system of linking together computers and other electronic office equipment within an office or building, permitting shared use of software and/or peripherals. Compare wide area network.

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Tokyo, Japan, July 29, 2005 - (JCNN) - Ericsson and BB Mobile, a Softbank affiliate, jointly completed the world's first test with an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) between a 3G mobile network and a wireless local area network (WLAN).

Ericsson, BB Mobile Successfully Hand Over IMS Service between 3G and ... by JCNN News Summaries

OCPI), founded in 1991, designs, manufactures and sells a line of fiber-optic subsystems and modules for the metropolitan area network, local area network and storage area network (MANs, LANs and SANs, respectively) markets.

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technology management company Aprisma Management Technology to upgrade its local area network at the country's largest oil refinery.

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