local area network

Example Sentences

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“I spent a lot of time on LAN—local area network,” he said.

From The New Yorker

The most common local area network protocol is Ethernet, the same format that has been a business and home networking standard for decades.

From New York Times

Instead, they should have set up a separate local area network, or LAN, that could not connect to the rest of the bank or the Internet, police said.

From Reuters

The firms have set up a local area network and wi-fi hotspots around the private, unnamed reserve, which is adjacent to the Kruger national park.

From BBC

You get two or three days with the game in a hotel or office, and if there’s a multiplayer mode, you’ll play it on a local area network.

From The Guardian