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local area network
(redirected from Local Area networks)

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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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This arrangement allows interconnectivity among separate local area networks.
Among the IT and network management professionals interviewed, 28% are already using wireless local area networks (LANs), while only 10% are using wireless wide area networks (WANs).
Since multicast technology works across Local Area Networks (LANS) and Wide Area Networks (WANs), terrestrial and satellite networks, message recipients can all be at the same site or geographically dispersed.
 
 
 
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