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| − | A '''local area network''' (usually abbreviated to '''LAN''') is a network with restricted geographical scope (usually a single building, or a small group) which operates at high speed (originally in the range of 1 mega-[[bit]]/second, although speeds of 1 giga-bit/second and up are now common). | + | A '''local area network''' (usually abbreviated to '''LAN''') is a [[data network]] with restricted geographical scope (usually a single building, or a small group) which operates at high speed (originally in the range of 1 mega-[[bit]]/second, although speeds of 1 giga-bit/second and up are now common). |
| − | Close cousins are the so-called '''metropolitan area network'''s ('''MAN'''s) which can provide this sort of speed over an entire city (although for technical reasons, not every subscriber in that are would be connected to the same physical network). | + | Close cousins are the so-called '''metropolitan area network'''s ('''MAN'''s) which can provide this sort of speed over an entire city (although for technical reasons, not every subscriber in that are would be connected to the same [[physical network]]). |
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| + | * [https://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~dwjones/BellLabsLAN/ The Prototype Pierce Loop in 1973-74] - an interesting very early Local Area Network | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 22 May 2022
A local area network (usually abbreviated to LAN) is a data network with restricted geographical scope (usually a single building, or a small group) which operates at high speed (originally in the range of 1 mega-bit/second, although speeds of 1 giga-bit/second and up are now common).
Close cousins are the so-called metropolitan area networks (MANs) which can provide this sort of speed over an entire city (although for technical reasons, not every subscriber in that are would be connected to the same physical network).
See also
External links
- The Prototype Pierce Loop in 1973-74 - an interesting very early Local Area Network
