- a variation of local area network.
LAN
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Under that, you’ll find an option to allow access to your LAN while connected to the VPN.
From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2026
Separately, LAN reached a deal in a different lawsuit that Michigan’s attorney general filed in state court.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
The airline, created by the 2012 merger of Chile's LAN with Brazilian rival TAM, operates units in Chile, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
From Reuters ● Nov. 9, 2022
This shot of the Spurs features a LAN party, a way for gamers in the ’90s to interconnect computers and play head-to-head.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 13, 2022
You don't really start admiring geek qualities until one of them saves your ass by bringing back your corporate LAN or fixing the missile telemetry.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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