Local area network

nounverified·updated May 9, 2026

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Communication network that serves several users within a specified geographic area Scope Note: A personal computer LAN functions as a distributed processing system in which each computer in the network does its own processing and manages some of its data. Shared data are stored in a file server that acts as a remote disk drive for all users in the network.

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Senses

2 more senses beyond the canonical

Wordset Dictionary

a local computer network for communication between computers

NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match

No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 2 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.

Classifications

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Entity Type

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Variants

6 surface forms

acronym: LAN
synonym: LAN
alternatephrasing: Local Area Network
plural: Local area networks
possessive: Local area network's
pluralpossessive: Local area networks'

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