A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university...

General Motors Local Area Network (GMLAN) is an application- and transport-layer protocol using controller area network for lower layer services. It was...

A wide area network (WAN) is a telecommunications network that extends over a large geographic area. Wide area networks are often established with leased...

interconnection of local area networks (LANs) in a city into a single larger network which may then also offer efficient connection to a wide area network. The term...

wireless computer network that links two or more devices using wireless communication to form a local area network (LAN) within a limited area such as a home...

Local Area Transport (LAT) is a non-routable (data link layer) networking technology developed by Digital Equipment Corporation to provide connection...

campus network, campus area network, corporate area network or CAN is a computer network made up of an interconnection of local area networks (LANs) within...

A virtual local area network (VLAN) is any broadcast domain that is partitioned and isolated in a computer network at the data link layer (OSI layer 2)...

storage. A SAN typically is a dedicated network of storage devices not accessible through the local area network (LAN). Although a SAN provides only block-level...

protocols and the essence of the end-to-end principle. The NPL network, a local area network at the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom), pioneered...

Virtual eXtensible LAN (VXLAN) is a network virtualization technology that uses a VLAN-like encapsulation technique to encapsulate OSI layer 2 Ethernet...

model network structure. Examples of wireless networks include cell phone networks, wireless local area networks (WLANs), wireless sensor networks, satellite...

A personal area network (PAN) is a computer network for interconnecting electronic devices within an individual person's workspace. A PAN provides data...

Wireless wide area network (WWAN), is a form of wireless network. The larger size of a wide area network compared to a local area network requires differences...

(couch co-op), on different computing systems via a local area network, or via a wide area network, most commonly the Internet (e.g. World of Warcraft...

wired computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN). It was...

over IP, replacing an existing local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) or the public switched telephone network (PSTN). An IAN securely connects...

Internet networking, a private network is a computer network that uses a private address space of IP addresses. These addresses are commonly used for local area...

between the nodes made the networks slow. The IEEE 802.2 standard specifies the LLC sublayer for all IEEE 802 local area networks, such as IEEE 802.3/Ethernet...

making collisions impossible. The network switch plays an integral role in most modern Ethernet local area networks (LANs). Mid-to-large-sized LANs contain...

from unsecured networks, such as the public Internet or an unsecured local area network. It means a computer or network has no network interface controllers...

service may be established without local installations of conventional DNS infrastructure on local area networks. The Internet Engineering Task Force...

better than one millisecond accuracy in local area networks under ideal conditions. Asymmetric routes and network congestion can cause errors of 100 ms...

computers (PCs) to participate in computer networks and shared file and printer access within a local area network (LAN). This description of operating systems...

layer of the OSI model. Examples of network topologies are found in local area networks (LAN), a common computer network installation. Any given node in the...

RFC 1122 and RFC 1123. RFC 1122 considers local area network protocols such as Ethernet and other IEEE 802 networks (e.g. Wi-Fi), and framing protocols such...

private network and over the public Internet. Despite the growth of the Internet, the characteristics of local area networks (LANs)—computer networks that...

A body area network (BAN), also referred to as a wireless body area network (WBAN), a body sensor network (BSN) or a medical body area network (MBAN)...

television (CCTV) cameras, they require no local recording device, only a local area network. Most IP cameras are webcams, but the term IP camera or netcam usually...

extension provides that computer access to local area network of a remote site, or any wider enterprise networks, such as an intranet. Each computer is in...