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local area network

Also known as LAN

computer network that connects devices over a limited area

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A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that connects devices like computers, printers, and phones together over a limited area, such as a home, office, or school building. It matters because it allows these devices to share files, printers, and internet access quickly and efficiently without needing to connect through the wider internet.

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Setting up a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) for a healthcare system.ReviewInternational journal of electronic healthcare · 2005Wang J, Du HDOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2005.006479
Local area network software.Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE · 1992Mercando ADDOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1992.tb02965.x
Network options for wide-area telesurgery.ReviewJournal of telemedicine and telecare · 1995Smithwick MDOI: 10.1177/1357633X9500100302
Wireless Local Area Networks Threat Detection Using 1D-CNN.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Natkaniec M, Bednarz MDOI: 10.3390/s23125507
Local area networks for radiology.ReviewJournal of digital imaging · 1988Dwyer SJ 3rd, Mankovich NJ, Cox GG et al.DOI: 10.1007/BF03167748
Planning and implementing a microcomputer local-area network.American journal of hospital pharmacy · 1993Malone PM
Local area networks.Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE · 1992Mercando ADDOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1992.tb03144.x
Wireless local area network in a prehospital environment.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2004Chen D, Soong SJ, Grimes GJ et al.DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-4-12

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Subclass of: computer network
Image: Ethernet LAN.svg

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Commons category: Local area networks (LAN)
short name: LAN
ACM Classification Code (2012): 10003086
Commons gallery: Local area network
topic's main category: Category:Local area networks

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A conceptual diagram of a LAN at a residential house; the router in this case is assumed to also function as a wireless access point. Also shown in this example (shaded in yellow) is the network's connection to the Internet via fixed-line means.

A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, campus, or building, and has its network equipment and interconnects locally managed. LANs facilitate the distribution of data and the sharing of network devices, such as printers.

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local area network

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